Sci-fi and Jurassic Park have driven research, scientists say
by Elizabeth Jones from on (#B36F)
To some extent, 1993's Jurassic Park did actually drive and develop the science and technology of ancient DNA research
This article was first published on The Conversation.
The park is open. Two decades on and Jurassic Park has morphed into Jurassic World, the one and only dinosaur theme park. Science has apparently evolved too: the genetically-engineered dinosaurs are to take a secondary role to a new star of the show, a genetically-engineered hybrid, worryingly named Indominus Rex. Undoubtedly, chaos will ensue.
