In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the importance of pure curiosity and basic science in discoveries such as CRISPR. He highlights how the discovery of the natural phenomenon of CRISPR was made by a group of scientists who cared about curiosity-driven science.
This podcast discusses the importance of being curious and asking better questions as a scientist, in order to achieve success in the field of basic science.
The book explores the discovery of CRISPR, a natural phenomenon in bacteria, and how it eventually became a tool for gene editing. It highlights some of the scientists involved and how they would have related to historical figures like Ben Franklin.