Initial Stage Reached on Dream of Cloning Woolly Mammoth
By The Siberian Times / By Olga Gertcyk A South Korean specialist hails the opening of new World Mammoth Centre in Siberia, dedicated to bringing the beast back to life. Cloning guru Professor Hwang Woo-Suk did not go into details of the progress made in restoring the extinct species after several thousand years of extinction, but made clear he expected to publish new research in scientific journals as soon as 'checks' are complete. Speaking in Yakutsk - Russia's mammoth capital which is to ho..>> view originalFarnborough students tackle the reef
"WE love the reef” was nine-year-old Montana Wilson's response when asked why she and her friends made their own home video to save the reef.The three Farnborough State School students although only aged between nine and ten years of age, have a huge passion for our ocean and preventing further damage to it as a result of mindless littering.The students were presented with first prize on Thursday for the video they made explaining why marine debris is a threat to the Great Barrier Reef.A first ..>> view originalStrange purple blob on Pacific seafloor startles scientists
A camera pans the craggy Pacific Ocean floor. A crab lies motionless, its spindly legs sprawled into the dirt.From under a rock overhang, there's a glimmer of purple. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Deep-sea camera catches mysterious purple blob Australian arrested over terrorism-related activities Nintendo looks at new corprate strategy Fire breaks out in Australian Olympic quarters San Diego officers killed in shootin..>> view originalSpace Photos of the Week: This Starburst Galaxy's a Real Gas Bag
Martian gully theory doesn't hold water, study finds
In spite of the flowing gouges they leave behind, gullies on the Red Planet may not have been formed by liquid water, according to data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.The findings, described in Geophysical Research Letters, showcase the complexity of Martian geology and highlight how some features on Mars are formed in ways that are unlike anything on Earth. Scientists think that Mars, our rusty, dusty next-door neighbor, was once a far more Earthlike planet, with a thick atmosphere th..>> view originalHow To Watch Tonight's Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
The Delta Aquarid meteor shower has begun and it’s a reliably good show that you shouldn’t miss. Here’s how, when and where to watch. 2008 Delta Aquarids (Image: Jeff Berkes of Jeff Berkes Photography) Some meteor showers are prone to either feast or famine, raining down hundreds of meteors one year, only to slow to a trickle the next. Not the Delta Aquarids. This is a steady shower that reliably produces an average of 10-20 meteors per hour. In general, the best viewing for the Delta Aquarids..>> view originalAn acoustic buoy just detected one of the planet's biggest animals in New York's waters
Fin whales have been detected in New York Bight. A.H. Kopelman for CRESLI Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) New York Aquarium and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) deployed an acoustic buoy into the New York Bight on June 23, 2016. Their intention was to essentially eavesdrop on the marine life passing through the coastal waters between the eastern tip of Long Island and the Cape May inlet of New Jersey in order to improve th..>> view originalBadarse New Dragon Ants Remind Us Nature Is Cooler Than Fantasy
While it can sometimes feel like we’ve turned over every last stone on this planet, it’s a fact that the natural world can still surprise us. Need some proof? Just feast your eyes on these badarse new dragon ants, discovered deep in the tropical rainforest of New Guinea. Image: a new, highly adorned “dragon ant” discovered in New Guinea. Image: Sarnat et al. (2016) Writing today in PLOS One, a team of entomologists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology has just described two new s..>> view original
Saturday, July 30, 2016
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