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Dire Wolves! They're Back?

2025/5/29
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Wendy Zuckerman: 作为Science Versus的主持人，我介绍了科学家们复活恐狼的重大新闻。Colossal公司通过修改灰狼的DNA创造了Remus和Romulus这两只小恐狼，引发了媒体的广泛关注和对伦理问题的讨论。我们希望通过Today Explained的节目，深入探讨恐狼复活的真相和意义。 Sean Ramaswaran: 作为Today Explained的主持人，我引导听众思考Colossal公司复活恐狼的举动。虽然恐狼在14000年前就已灭绝，但Colossal公司声称已将其复活。然而，这些所谓的恐狼是否真的是恐狼？我们是否应该尝试复活恐狼？这些问题都值得我们深入探讨。 DT Maxx: 作为The New Yorker的记者，我有幸亲眼见到了Colossal公司创造的“节食恐狼”。这些狼是通过提取古代恐狼的DNA并修改灰狼的基因而创造出来的。虽然它们可能不是真正的恐狼，但它们的存在仍然令人惊叹。Colossal公司由Ben Lamb领导，他是一位成功的企业家，与George Church合作，致力于复活灭绝动物。这家公司的估值已超过100亿美元，但其真正目的是否是帮助自然，仍然值得怀疑。 Robert Klitzman: 作为哥伦比亚大学的生物伦理学教授，我表达了对Colossal公司复活恐狼的伦理担忧。为了创造恐狼，我们需要让许多狗怀孕，而复活猛犸象则需要更多的母象，这会对它们造成伤害。基因编辑可能导致其他问题，例如更容易感染其他病毒。此外，这些恐狼被限制在很小的空间内，这使它们面临其他疾病的风险。我认为，我们应该将资金投入到能够带来最大效益的地方，例如疫苗研究。

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This year there was huge news when scientists at the company called Collosal brought back the dire wolf! Some say these cute, white pups are not really dire wolves, but that didn't stop a huge media buzz. One of the wolves even made the cover of TIME Magazine … with the line "He's a dire wolf. The first to exist in 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever." 

So, what exactly is going on here? Who is this company? And, is this a good idea or could it have dire consequences??  

This story comes to us from our friends at Vox's Today, Explained.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsTodayExplainedDireWolves) 

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Meet the pups

(02:06) Did we really bring back the dire wolf?

(14:34) Should we be doing this? 

This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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