To do this, American biotechnologists at Colossal Biosciences have successfully cultivated primordial germ cells from th…
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Climate change threatens humanity today — and new research suggests something similar happened nearly 900,000 years ago. At that time, early humans were on the brink of extinction, with their…
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Very few people live beyond the age of 100. If everyone suddenly stopped having children, it’s likely that in about a century there would be no one left on Earth.…
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Smarter Species Have Wiped Out Others Max Tegmark, an MIT physicist and AI researcher, has issued a stark warning about humanity’s future. He points out that, across history, more intelligent…
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Deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the Nadir crater formed around the same time as Chicxulub—the crater left by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs off the edge of the…
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A new study finds nearly one-third of the planet’s species could face extinction by the end of the century if humans don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This risk increases as…
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Nature & Travel
The fungus threatening bananas — how it took down Gros Michel and now targets Cavendish
Bad news for banana lovers: bananas may soon disappear from supermarket shelves. The culprit is a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), which blocks the flow of nutrients to…
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Modern bird genomes still carry echoes of the asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs. “By studying the DNA of modern birds, we can uncover patterns in genetic sequences that…
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Human activity is threatening migratory animals worldwide. The United Nations highlighted those dangers in a summary of a recent report, “The State of Migratory Species in the World,” published by…
