Aquests dies és notícia la recent seqüenciació del DNA mitocondrial d'un ós polar (Ursus maritimus). La notícia no tindria tanta repercussió si no fos pel fet que el DNA es va extreure d'una mandíbula parcialment fossilitzada trobada a Noruega al 2004 i d'una antiguitat de 110.000–130.000 anys.
Tot i que aquest vídeo el podeu trobar en altres blogs, el meu primer impuls ha estat penjar-lo també aquí. Es tracta d'un dels vídeos creats en la iniciativa anomenada "Symphony of Science".
[Michael Shermer] Science is the best tool ever devised For understanding how the world works
[Jacob Bronowski] Science is a very human form of knowledge We are always at the brink of the known
[Carl Sagan] Science is a collaborative enterprise Spanning the generations We remember those who prepared the way Seeing for them also
[Neil deGrasse Tyson] If you're scientifically literate, The world looks very different to you And that understanding empowers you
Refrain: [Richard Dawkins] There's real poetry in the real world Science is the poetry of reality
[Sagan] We can do science And with it, we can improve our lives
[Jill Tarter] The story of humans is the story of ideas That shine light into dark corners
[Lawrence Krauss] Scientists love mysteries They love not knowing [Richard Feynman] I don't feel frightened by not knowing things I think it's much more interesting
[Brian Greene] There's a larger universal reality of which we are all a part
[Stephen Hawking] The further we probe into the universe The more remarkable are the discoveries we make
[Carolyn Porco] The quest for the truth, in and of itself, Is a story that's filled with insights
(Refrain)
[Greene] From our lonely point in the cosmos We have through the power of thought Been able to peer back to a brief moment After the beginning of the universe
[PZ Myers] I think that science changes the way your mind works To think a little more deeply about things
[Dawkins] Science replaces private predjudice With publicly verifiable evidence (Refrain)