Bioquark Inc. (www.bioquark.com) Interview in MoneyWeek
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This Team of Scientists Is Working to Clone a Woolly Mammoth
We spoke with scientist Ben Novak, whose team is working to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.
Scientists Target 2026 As The Year of The First Synthetic Genome
Less than 10 years.
In Brief:
- A human genome contains 3 billion base pairs, one project is seeking to write a complete human genome, besting current efforts able to produce 1 million pairs.
- The researchers are looking to the future in hopes that their work will spur even further growth in science and technology.
Is Marianas Web A Myth Or A Frightening Reality?
If you’ve been on the Internet for a long time, chances are that you’d be inclined to say you’ve seen it all. Well, let’s just say that you haven’t really seen it all until you’ve seen Marianas Web. Don’t get your keyboard and mouse ready just yet, though – that might prove a bit more difficult than you think. This is because it doesn’t even exist.
… Or does it?
Future Asteroid Miners Seek Solid Space Rock Plan
Once thought of as a pipe-dream, exploitation of the solar system’s asteroids is being planned by a growing community of asteroid mining companies and scientists.
NASA.
Humans have wiped out nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone: report
Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released Thursday.
On current trends, stocks of global wildlife could plunge two-thirds by 2020, an annual decline of two per cent, conservation group WWF and the Zoological Society of London warned in their joint biennial Living Planet report.
