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Stem cell breakthrough brings de-extinction one step closer
3-7-2024 |
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Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough that could help to bring mammoths back to life.
Is there really a 1 in 6 chance of human extinction this century?
10-7-2023 | 3
Toby Ord's 2020 book painted a grim picture of humanity's chances this century, but just how accurate is his prediction ?
How specifically could AI cause the extinction of mankind ?
6-2-2023 | 3
Professor Nello Cristianini investigates how exactly artificial intelligence might bring about the doom of civilization.
Odds of 'killer' asteroid impact in next 1,000 years are 'very low'
5-20-2023 | 4
A reassuring new study has found that we may be safe from extinction asteroid impacts... at least for the time being.
Extinction of the Tasmanian tiger has been moved up to the late 1990s
3-23-2023 | 8
Researchers now believe that the extinction of the thylacine occurred much more recently than the 1930s.
De-extinction firm attracts $150M in funding to resurrect the dodo
2-2-2023 | 15
Texas-based firm Colossal Biosciences is already working on a way to bring back the long-extinct woolly mammoth.
Mauritius pink pigeons brought back from edge of extinction
5-16-2022 | 0
The remarkable success story saw the population grow from a mere 10 individuals in 1991 to over 400 today.
Well preserved dinosaur leg may be from the actual day of the asteroid strike
4-15-2022 | 9
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Shards of dinosaur-killing asteroid found preserved in amber
4-9-2022 | 2
Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
Ivory-billed woodpecker joins extinction list
10-1-2021 | 4
The distinctive bird is among 23 species in the US that are about to be declared officially extinct by authorities.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
2-21-2021 | 19
Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
12-14-2020 | 16
Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Volcanism ruled out in dino extinction debate
1-18-2020 | 2
A new study has suggested that it was an asteroid strike, not volcanism, that ultimately wiped out the dinosaurs.
Mass extinction caused long-term disruption
9-30-2019 | 7
A new study has revealed how long it took for the world's oceans to recover after the death of the dinosaurs.
Extinct bird evolved itself back in to existence
5-10-2019 | 5
Researchers have identified a species of bird that went extinct, then evolved again from the same lineage.
Mammoth resurrection is now one step closer
3-12-2019 | 59
Japanese scientists have achieved a 'significant step' towards the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike
3-8-2019 | 21
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the dinosaurs had been in steady decline before the impact.
Scientists unlock secrets of the Great Dying
8-28-2018 | 5
A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Evolution may favor laziness, new study finds
8-23-2018 | 11
In some species, the key to success may be more about 'survival of the laziest' than 'survival of the fittest'.
Mass extinction triggered age of the dinosaurs
4-16-2018 | 19
A new study has revealed that a devastating event may have been responsible for the dinosaurs' dominance.
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