218: Jolene Kim on Designer Yeast, Nose Evolution and The End of Moore's Law

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Jolene Kim (@jolenekim) returns to chat with us about designer organisms from yeast, how your nose shape can indicate where your ancestors lived and how we might be approaching the smallest possible memory size. PLAYING GOD WITH YEAST https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/09/synthetic-yeast-genome-nearly-complete-paving-way-for-bespoke-organisms NOSE SHAPES AROUND THE WORLD http://www.popsci.com/climate-nose-shape-evolution#page-6 HOW MANY COMPUTERS CAN YOU FIT ON THE HEAD OF A PIN? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170309120521.htm The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2