Wemayweepforthedodo,butcouldandshouldwebringthislovelybirdbackfromthedead?De-extinctionisthescienceofrestoringlostspeciesandithasbeeninthenewsfordecades.Thestoryinmoderntimesbeganin1990whenMichaelCrichtonpublis
3、 We may weep for the dodo, but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead? De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades.The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction no...
Can we bring back Neanderthals? The Neanderthal, also known as homo neanderthalensis,could be up for making a come-back. The Neanderthal genome was sequenced in 2010. Meanwhile, new gene-editing tools have been developed and technical barriers to 'de-extinction' are being overcome. So, technical...
Precisely when the last megalodon died is not known, but new evidence suggests that it was at least 3.6 million years ago. Can we bring the megafauna back? Reintroducing megafauna to North America could preserve current megafauna, while filling ecological niches that have been vacant since the ...
We are already seeing the benefits of Colossal’s technology for threatened species. The tools and techniques developed for every effort to bring a species back from extinction will also benefit closely related species that still live. The woolly mammoth project, for instance, has sequ...
根据文章第一段内容“Scientists believe they could bring the likes of dodos back from the dead through cloning experiments in the near future which could see the flightless birds revived from their extinction.( 科学家们相信,他们可以通过克隆实验,在不久的将来,让这种不会飞的鸟从灭绝中复活。)”可知...
"32. What can we learn about the dodo from the text? A. It is a bird that is only unique to Mauritius. B. The research on it has raised conflicting opinions. C. It has been successfully brought back to life. D. It could be recreated within the remains of a relative.33. What ...
2. The Dodo Status:Also in the works Why it went extinct:Island living, flightless, no fear of humans, became lunch Why weshouldn'tbring it back:We already have enough flightless birds silently judging us. Do wereallyneed one more awkward, oversized pigeon waddling around like it owns the...
so don’t expect your local lab to start churning out saber-toothed cats right away. But if we’re willing to navigate the stumbling blocks inherent in patching back together extinct species, all of the animals on this roster could be up for de-extinction, since we have already accessed th...
Those touting the return of the coal industry might as well be telling unemployed Blockbuster employees that they're going to bring back movie rental stores. According to The New York Times, engineers and coders now dominate the industry, and their skills propel the technology that does most of...