Ibis in Ancient Egypt, why zebras have stripes, and DNA & RNA in primordial soup

Thursday, 14 November 2019 - 8:30am to 9:00am

This week on the show Claire talks about how the bin chicken was a sacred bird in Egypt, and the Australian genetics research helping to tell this story. Chris looks at things in black and white and striped all over, by reviewing the research around why zebras have evolved stripes. And Stu discusses where DNA and RNA evolved from, and how German scientists are recreating primordial RNA creating soup!

Claire, Chris & Stu
Thursday 8:30am to 9:00am
Entertaining news and discussion about research that has impact on society and providing a wide range of science and technology news. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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