by Steve Schramm | Apr 8, 2020 | Genetic History, Science
The fact that ancient DNA exists at all is a minor miracle. And now that we have figured out how to extract it efficiently and sequence it accurately (more or less), we are suddenly able to answer many long-standing historical riddles. Dr C explains how ancient...
by Steve Schramm | Mar 31, 2020 | Science
Dr. C attempts to explain how only 23,000 genes can manufacture hundreds of thousands of unique proteins in the human body. The answer is amazing! Location: Boat Rock climbing area Subjects: The one-gene one-enzyme hypothesis, bacterial genes vs genes in higher...
by Steve Schramm | Mar 26, 2020 | Science
In this episode, Dr. C tries to explain the complexity of the human genome. Problem is, nobody understands it because it is too complex! He compares the genome to a computer operating system, but this quickly gets eclipsed by what he calls the four-dimensional...
by Steve Schramm | Mar 22, 2020 | Science
Location: White Oak Park, Dallas, GA Topics: It’s a beautiful day…for a pandemic, Dr C’s TV interviews, addressing false claims: (a) saltwater gargle, (b) hair dryers, (c) virus already here, (d) genetic engineering, science is incremental, Russel’s teapot,...
by Steve Schramm | Mar 17, 2020 | Genetic History
Location: Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, Morrison, Colorado Thomas Jefferson has children by his slave Sally Hemmings, historical uncertainty, Genghis Khan leaves an enduring genetic legacy, African Y chromosomes in old England, Levi and the Cohanim, the...
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