Can We Get a T-Rex from a Chicken? | Science is Hard

The video humorously explores the idea of reviving dinosaurs, inspired by Jurassic Park. It discusses the impracticality of using ancient DNA due to its degradation over millions of years. Instead, it introduces atavism activation, a genetic engineering method to bring back ancestral traits in chickens. The video also highlights the environmental and ethical challenges of creating a dinosaur-like creature in today's world.

What is the significance of the half-life of DNA in the context of resurrecting dinosaurs?

Explain the concept of using chickens in the quest to create a dinosaur.

What ethical or philosophical questions arise from the idea of creating a dinosaur through genetic engineering?