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Scientists have successfully extracted RNA molecules from an extinct species for the first time. The milestone was achieved in the thylacine, a species of carnivorous marsupial that roamed Australia until about a century ago – and may again one day, if… Continue reading First RNA extracted from extinct species may help thylacine resurrection
Fossilized teeth are most of the remains we have today of the megalodon, which makes it hard to figure out what it looked like or how it lived. But now, scientists have used those teeth to estimate the ancient shark’s body temperature, and found it was… Continue reading Megalodon was warm-blooded – and that might have been its downfall
“Essentially, it is a misdirection of public attention away from what matters towards that which suits their narrative and business model.” Continue reading AI CEOs Say AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Are Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This
This is not the first time humanity has stared down the possibility of extinction due to its technological creations. But the threat of AI is very different from the nuclear weapons we’ve learned to live with. Nukes can’t think. They can’t lie, deceive… Continue reading The case for how and why AI might kill us all
A new study has suggested that by protecting and restoring wildlife, we can enhance natural carbon capture mechanisms and reduce climate change.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Climate, Climate Crisis, Wildlife, Animals, Extinction, … Continue reading Protecting and restoring wildlife offers a new climate solution
Not content with aiming to resurrect the woolly mammoth and the thylacine, Colossal Biosciences has now announced the third animal on its de-extinction list – the dodo. This comes on the heels of a substantial new round of funding, with the company als… Continue reading Dodo next in line for de-extinction by scientists reviving the mammoth
In the winter months, at the bottom of Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan, harmless underwater algae balls that can grow to be bigger than basketballs are protected from death by an ice shield on top of the water. That shield is expected to thin thanks to gl… Continue reading Another potential climate casualty: Beloved fluffy balls of algae
Famous video of a thylacine in captivity may not depict the last individual of the species after all, according to new research. Australian scientists have rediscovered the preserved remains of a later thylacine in the collection of a museum in Tasmani… Continue reading Famous footage may not depict the last living thylacine after all
Scientists believe that the Earth is currently in the midst of its sixth major extinction event, but a new study suggests that’s not the case – it may actually be the seventh. Scientists have found evidence of a previously unknown mass extinction event… Continue reading Earth’s earliest mass extinction uncovered in fossil record
The Sumatran rhino is critically endangered and difficult to breed. But now, researchers have created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from the genetic material of a male, potentially providing new ways to help conservation efforts. They even use… Continue reading Stem cells (and mini brains) grown from critically endangered rhinos