Scott Detrow
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Like, I don't even know where to start with that.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
That's an important aspect.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
How do you even begin to see if somebody was kissing somebody 21 million years ago?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Like was there a fossilized mid-kiss?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
I don't know.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Why did that matter?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
What a romantic image.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Equally romantic in my mind is moss spores in space.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
How did this experiment come about?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
And I assume that if you're going on really long space travel at some point, you probably want some plants with you.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Right, right.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
But why moss in particular?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
So the moss spores passed the UV test on Earth.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
How did they do in space?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
So are we going to terraform with them?
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
Finally, we're going to talk about a moon.
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What’s In A Kiss? 21 Million Years Of Evolution
This week it's our moon, a close-to-home moon.