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Extinct Tasmanian tiger could come back to life after DNA is implanted into
2008-06-07 01:22:00 Extinct: The last known Tasmanian tiger died in Hobart Zoo in 1936 Australian scientists have managed to extract a gene from a preserved specimen of a Tasmanian tiger and make it active.The breakthrough has left them dreaming that one day they will be able to recreate the animal, which died out more than 70 years ago.And if it can be done with the Tasmanian tiger, it may also be possible to resurrect creatures that have been extinct for far longer ? the premise of the 1993 Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic Park in which dinosaurs were brought back to life. "There used to be a time when extinction meant for ever, but no more," said Professor Mike Archer, Dean of Science at Sydney?s University of New South Wales. "We are now able to seriously challenge whether those animals that have gone have gone for ever."What has been achieved is a very important step in bringing back those animals that are extinct and while I think that technically it is still pretty difficult at the moment, we ca...
Three species are getting extinct every hour!
2008-05-21 08:02:00 According to a British tabloid, "The Sun", a research has shown that due to pollution, a chief contributor towards Global Warming, three species are getting extinct every hour! Also, one in four mammals are in the endangered list. The list also includes one in eight bird types, one third of the amphibians and seventy percent of plant life.
Extinct Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life: scientists
2008-05-20 15:56:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: Scientists said Tuesday they had "resurrected" a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger by implanting it in a mouse, raising the future possibility of bringing animals such as dinosaurs back to life. In what they describe as a world first, research
World First Discovery -- Genes From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger ... - Science D
2008-05-20 15:40:00 World First Discovery -- Genes From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger ...Science Daily (press release) - 2 hours agoResearchers say fortunately some thylacine pouch young and adult tissues were preserved in alcohol in several museum collections around the world. ...
Landlines may soon go extinct
2008-05-16 15:49:00 From Newlaunches.com: The once necessary wired phones have been replaced by unique mobile devices. A new survey from the National Institutes of Health has stated that the majority of US residents still have both a home and mobile phone, but many are increasingly snipping the wires
Red deer in Kashmir almost extinct
2008-05-12 16:13:00 Due to "rampant poaching, neglect by authorities and a 17-year-old separatist rebellion in the region." Only 160 of the animals are left: Poachers continue to kill the deer for its antlers, which fetch a good price on the international black market. "Hangul hunting continued even during militancy, as the animals come down to plains in winters," said Shameem Ahmad, who lives near Dachigam sanctuary. Source "Rare Kashmiri deer on verge of extinction - census report," Reuters, May 12, 2008
By: Bad Thinking
Wolverines Extinct in Sequoia - Kings Canyon?
2008-05-10 12:37:00 Updated May 11:A new study using baited trap stations, done during winter, failed to find any California wolverines in either Sequoia or Kings Canyon National Parks in the southern Sierra Nevada. However, in 1980, definite wolverine tracks were seen at two locales in Kings Canyon National Park by trained wildlife biologists. However, tracks always count as "unverified". But not to me.I say that at least 28 years ago, wolverines were present in Kings Canyon National Park. Wolverine sightings in California do tend to be concentrated in Kings Canyon and Sequoia Parks. This area was long held to be the last stronghold of the wolverine in California. Many detailed sightings were made from 1900-1930 in Sequoia National Park. In one, a wolverine chased two adult bears away from a horse carcass.A map of historical wolverine sightings in Kings Canyon - Sequoia Parks. As you can see, sightings were much more common from 1920-1955 or so and have dropped off quite a bit ever since. Click to vi...
By: Robert Lindsay
Several Species of Asian Vultures will be Extinct Soon
2008-05-08 08:29:00 Several Asian vultures will be extinct within a span of a decade. These carrion-eating birds have been decreasing in number on account of being exposed to common livestock drug. This fact has been highlighted by a research conducted by Todd Katzner, Director of Conservation and Field Research at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ...
CBS Evening News: Extinct
2008-04-29 14:48:00 NewsBlues Mike James Exclusive: Half of the subscribers to NewsBlues believe either CBS "Early Show" host Harry Smith should replace Katie Couric as anchor of the CBS "Evening News" or the network should simply shut down its nightly newscast.Of 8,816 votes cast in a 24-hour period Monday, 2,192 (25%) indicated they believe the nightly CBS network newscast is no longer viable. 2,172 readers (25%) believe Harry Smith should anchor the fading newscast.1,120 voters (12%) hope ABC's Diane Sawyer will replace Couric. 928 readers (11%) voted for CBS's Scott Pelley as her replacement. 920 voters (10%) chose CNN's Anderson Cooper.MSNBC's Keith Olbermann finished 6th with 700 votes (8%), CBS's Russ Mitchell followed with 564 votes (6%), and NBC's Ann Curry was a distant last with just 2-percent of the votes (220).And one more thing... TIME mag's James Poniewozik puts in what his editors excised in his TIME opine on Katie Couric's colossal failure. Executive summary: If CBS News instal...
By: Chickaboomer
Humans Nearly Extinct 70,000Y Ago
2008-04-25 06:41:00 A CNN story discussing evidence found by researchers which indicates that humans came close to extinction roughly 70,000 years ago. A similar study by Stanford scientists suggests that droughts reduced the population to as few as 2,000 humans, who were scattered in small, isolated groups. Quoting: “‘This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal ...
By: ZA Vibes
If There Ever Was ~ an exhibition of extinct and impossible smells
2008-04-22 18:57:00 The Reg Vardy Gallery at the University of Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, will host If There Ever Was: an exhibition of extinct and impossible smells: In his book of essays entitled, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler?s Ninth Symphony, the physician Lewis Thomas wrote, ?The act of smelling something, anything, is remarkably like the act of thinking itself.? And it is with this appreciation of smell as comparable to thought and interpretation that the exhibition If There Ever Was considers scent as integral to the perception of abstraction and representation. Scent is the essence of physical presence and lends proof to our surroundings. Contrastingly, the fourteen scents re-created for If There Ever Was are inspired by absence. Like a cabinet of intangible curiosities, their forms are drawn from disparate stories throughout history for which few, if any, objects remain. And although it would be easy to pass the exhibition off as a work of pure fantasy?the product of...
By: Fashion Newsweek
?Extinct? plants found in remote Australia
2008-04-13 22:39:00 Two plants that were thought to have been extinct since the late 1800s have been rediscovered in far northern Australia, according to a report released Saturday.
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct (Hardcover)
2008-04-10 04:04:00 Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct (Hardcover)By Mo Willems 19 utilised and new from $8.97 Customer Rating: First tagged “childrens books” by Claine S. “It’s Me” Customer tags: childrens books (more…) Technorati Tags: childrens books
Are Apples Becoming Extinct?
2008-04-03 17:00:00 Did you know there are less than 1000 varieties of apples here in the US? That doesn't seem like a problem, does it? How about if I tell you, in the 1800s, here in America, there were over 7,000 different varieties of apples, which leaves us with about an 85% extinction rate! I was listening to a 60 Minutes podcast two weeks ago. Yes, this is the audio version of the show. Feel free to download it and take a listen. Why should I care that there are less than 1000 varieties of apples left? What if I told you that the cure to cancer, the cure to some obscure disease that could wipe out the world's wheat supply, the cure to some unknown disease, could lie in the genes of just one of those apple varieties? Now you know why this is so important and what one man is doing about it.When I first started listening to this podcast, frankly, I thought...who cares? Animals and plants get extinct every day...and I'm not talking about the ones humans are pushing to extinction but the m...
Is Thinking Extinct?
2008-03-27 05:57:00 Okay, so I’ve been studying up a storm, in order to become an Internet entrepreneur. You’d be amazed just how much stuff there is out there to learn. And how very much of it is free. I have a whole folder of free or almost free ebooks that I’ve downloaded and I’m not even ...
The Red Squirrel: Soon to be Extinct in UK?
2008-03-19 20:41:00 I?ve yet to see a red squirrel in the wild. Such is this animal?s continued population freefall that I may never see one. Full stop. Though once a common site down in the south of England, now it is...
By: Green Options
"Drive-By" Media: Extinct as Drive-Ins
2008-03-18 15:06:00 Rush Limbaugh?s reference to the mainstream press as the ?drive-by? media may be an ideologically driven critique, but in the case of several major stories in 2007, including the Virginia Tech massacre, the media did reveal a tendency to flood the zone with instant coverage and then quickly drop the subject. The media in 2007 had a markedly short attention span. Despite the fascination in some quarters with Hollywood bad girls such as Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, the reality is that much of the mainstream media wasn?t very interested in tabloid-style gossip and scandal. To the extent that there is interest in the mainstream press, the largest share comes from cable television news. But the goal of winning new audiences to old platforms ? using the Web to lure people to television programs or print ? generally is not working. Younger audiences, it turns out, are interested in news. But they want it from new platforms that can deliver it in new ways and on the consu...
By: Chickaboomer
Scientists fight to save near-extinct gibbons
2008-03-17 06:12:00 CNN's Arwa Damon visited a national park in East Java, part of Indonesia, on March 7, and reports on her experience with scientists working to save the habitat of the endangered gibbon species.
By: Get rich
How the stick people became extinct?
2008-02-27 05:30:00 Category: Animations (Adult)How the stick people became extinct? Click on the picture to see the animation! It had to be told! Sad but true!!!For more jokes and funny stuff, visit: Killer Laughs! BLOG
By: Killer Laughs!
We'll be extinct in no time, Da ...
2008-02-24 08:02:00 I read an interesting article on business week today. It detailed the double standards adopted by top US firms as far as the environment goes. Apparently, 3 major US firms (GE, Caterpillar and Alcoa) sit both on the USCAP(US Climate Action Partnership), a body actively seeking to reduce CO2 emissions and save the environment, and on the board of CEED (Centre for Energy and Economic Development), which opposes major climate-oriented policies, such as the 65% reduction in emissions by 2050.Manic Hypocrisy. One wouldnt expect the top of the fortune 500 to 'engage in activities leading to a greener future'. Logical Deduction - we'll be extinct in no time. Face it - even the companies who want to give up their polluting ways cant, cos the competition will beat the crap out of them if they do. Most eco-friendly practices cost money. Unless they become the industry standard, no one will conform to such ideals. Soon, mankind will develop weapons and machinery capable to sucking the plane...
Polar Bears will become extinct within 50 Years!
2008-02-16 04:02:00 It can be incredibly frustrating when our dedication and love for Earth’s wild creatures goes unheeded. The ignorance and greed of some people is bringing about devastating events which are serving to destroy the Balance, and cause the inevitable extinction of yet another creature, the Polar Bear. While the Mothers and Cubs lie snug deep ...
Parts of Nearly Extinct Tiger Openly Sold in Sumatra [Digg]
2008-02-13 13:37:00 Parts of the Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered species, are being openly sold in 10% of 326 retailers surveyed across the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
By: Aman's Space
Top 8 Reasons Why Record Labels Are Soon To Be Extinct
2008-02-07 06:03:00  It’s common knowledge now that record labels are in a panic due to the continuous drop in sales and the lack of sufficient generated revenue from artists on their rosters. To add insult to injury, record labels are not the only ones feeling the blow, there have been large amounts of record stores closing down ...
By: Live A Good Life
Reintroduction of locally extinct species
2008-01-31 10:09:00 Just been listening to a discussion about plans to reintroduce European beavers in Scotland. Apparently they were wiped out by over-hunting about 400 years ago. More information. Not sure which way to swing on this - what's the consensus out there? Have convinced myself this is
LogoBlog Poll 16 - Will logos ever become extinct?
2008-01-23 07:40:00 Logo is one the most important elements of the brand identity of any company. It is the image of a company?s service or its product. It is also the level of quality or the experience one had with a particular brand. In the ancient times, logo designs were merely used as initial letters to represent ...
By: Logo Design Blog
China crackdown to make gold farmers extinct?
2008-01-17 22:37:00 China is cracking down on "undesirable" online gaming activity. The rapid increase in online gaming in China is making the government uneasy. Negative press about obsessive gamers dying in Internet cafes or addicted players neglecting work or other duties is giving the country a poor reputation. With the government focused on games such as World of Warcraft will the Chinese gold farmer become extinct? Most importantly who's gonna supply me with my crafting materials when I'm too lazy to farm it myself?There have been documentaries about Chinese gold farmers from the casual group of friends who enjoy an evening of fun to the sweat shops which are fueled by money from the west. But why is the Chinese gold farmer much more prevalent than say ... a Russian gold farmer or even an Indian gold farmer? How much of a role does the communist society play when addictions such as these affect the mass population? I think it plays a huge role. When a society has so many restrictions placed on ...
By: The Undead Sheep
Scientists study extinct dwarf hippo graveyard
2007-12-05 15:45:00 An abattoir used by early Cypriots, a cemetery where animals went to die, or simple a shelter that ultimately proved a death trap?
Extinct Attractions: The Disneyland Monorail Story (DVD)
2007-11-26 05:11:00 Extinct Attractions: The funfair Monorail Story (DVD)By Bob Gurr Click for more info Customer Rating: First tagged “disney” by Michele Caine Customer tags: disney Technorati Tags: disney
German Scientists Discover Extinct Scorpion Bigger Than The Other Extinct S
2007-11-23 18:29:00 The German science and rock music worlds were sent reeling earlier this week when scientists discovered the fossilized claw of what appeared to be a sea scorpion bigger and even older than the fossilized Scorpions? front man singer Klaus Meine himself. ?Holy Scheiße,? said paleontologist Markus Poschmann after having excavated the claw from an excavation of ...
Power Of Internet: Extinct SeaMink made Alive !!!
2007-11-18 07:51:00 The story is an appeal to environmentalists: The Sea Mink was hunted to extinction even before it was taxonomically described or scientifically studi1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Web Banner Advertising Is Not Extinct
2007-11-05 00:00:00 This argument has been raging for awhile. In the early days of cyberspace, internet banner advertising was a hot commodity, then it moved into the not so effective stage, followed by being labeled a relic of the past, and now it has been declared dead by people “in the know”. Apparently some of the major ...
Hawaii ?Local Businesses? - Get Moving Online or Get Extinct
2007-11-01 23:45:00 Hawaii is always behind the Mainland on trends and developments. Some say we’re 10 years behind, some say 5. That lag may have shortened due to the Internet, but it still exists. Frankly, the Islands’ slower movement forward is fine with me. While I lived on the Mainland I grew tired of the new ‘thing’ ...
By: Jon's In Waikiki
Extinct Debt Terms & Agency Muscle in Multifamily
2007-11-01 20:12:00 Here's a quick update on the pulse of the debt market:Earlier this week, I had the great pleasure of spending time with colleagues at the Counselors of Real Estate at their annual convention here in San Francisco. During a Capital Markets forum, the panel was asked their views about the types of deals lenders are willing to do these days, in light of the currently constrained credit markets. That discussion humorously morphed into "what kinds of debt terms are extinct these days". So here are a couple of the debt market's newest extinct species:Full Term I/O: Lots of nods on this one -- wide agreement that lenders are back to old school underwriting, requiring at least 25 to 30 year amortization for most loan terms over three years. On a 5+ year loan, the borrower may be able to get up to two years I/O. Cashout Refi: In light of rates, spreads and cap rates having moved up, creating the risk of lowered valuations, lenders are particularly hard-pressed to finance profit-taking any...
Photo of ?extinct? tiger sparks controversy
2007-10-31 22:50:00 Posted By T. Michael Testi Photo of 'extinct' tiger sparks controversy (Xinhua) Updated: 2007-10-18 19:32 XI'AN -- A newly-released photo, which Chinese forestry authorities say proves the continuing existence of wild South China tiger...
Zoo Tycoon 2 Extinct Animals Expansion Pack - Windows Game
2007-10-24 15:47:00 More than 30 Extinct animals are ready to be brought back to life-just for your zoo! From the adorable dodo bird to the massive American mastodon, the ferocious saber-toothed cat, and the terrific T. rex, enchant your guests with animals from the past in Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals. Head out on a paleontology dig ...
And the mobile phone will be extinct (not kidding)
2007-10-18 21:22:00 Here we are, inseparable from our dear little handheld mobiles and yet the takeaway will be "Hmmm... it could get extinct". To understand why, we have to understand or rather define convergence. Defining Convergence "Convergence" refers to the blurring of dividing lines among traditionally distinct products and services, technologies, markets, industries, and regulatory structures. For example
TeraDiscs May Make CD's, DVD's Extinct
2007-09-20 07:57:00 (Image Credit: Israel 21st Century)A new Israeli invention may threaten the reign of CD and DVD as the staple for storing information off of ones computer.Called TeraDisc, this device will allow users to store up to 1,000 Gigs of info on a single disk.(Israel 21st Century) Mempile's TeraDisc is the next-generation storage disc. The disc is divided into 200 different layers, five microns apart, each comprising 5GB of storage space. Unlike standard multilayer DVDs, the layers are not physically stacked and stuck together. Instead, they are solid and use a translucent polymer mixture known as ePMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) that gives the discs their distinctive yellow color. The mixture was specially developed by Mempile and Arkema, a spin-off of French company Total, one of the world's largest petrochemical companies. Arkema began as a strategic partner in Mempile, and is now a strategic investor."We think it's game changing technology. It's a niche in the home where there's not...
By: IsraGood
Extinct Dinosaurs
2007-09-16 06:16:00 They're all gone. Every last one of them. The St. Paul based Minnesota Science Museum Diggin' Dinos have become extinct. They're only a memory or a photo now. They paraded down St. Paul's Kellogg Avenue one last week starting September...
Could the polar bear be extinct by 2050
2007-09-10 17:00:00 Well this is what some scientists are predicting that over two thirds of the worlds polar bear population could be killed off leaving them in a virtually untenable position, and hardly in a position to recover. Though the count would be different in depending on where they are located. The population of Polar bears in Alaska ...
Waitors and waitresses soon to be extinct?
2007-09-05 08:37:00 It seems the folks over at Germany either hate waitors and waitresses or really love robots. A restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany, went high tech with the use of touchscreens and robots to deliver customer food orders. Simply "tap" your order on the monitor and a robot will come sliding to your table with your food, literally. Yeah, we'll shut up and let you watch the video so you can see for
By: Random Stumble
"Extinct" Dolphin Caught on Camera
2007-08-31 22:12:00 A sighting of a rare Dolphin, thought to be extinct, has been caught on camera in ChinaA Chinese man has videotaped a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze river, which experts say is a dolphin species unique to China and feared extinct, the official Xinhua agency reported on Wednesday.The last confirmed sighting of the long-beaked, nearly blind baiji was in 2004. After an international team failed to find a single dolphin on a six-week expedition last year the species was classified as critically endangered and possibly extinct.But the video from central Anhui province may renew slender hopes for the survival of the creatures also known as white-flag dolphins and traditionally considered a deity by local people."I never saw such a big thing in the water before, so I filmed it," dolphin-spotter Zeng Yujiang told Xinhua. "It was about 1,000 meters (yards) away and jumped out of water several times."Wang Kexiong, of the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Extinct Walrus Penis Bone goes for $8,000!!! I'm in the wrong business....
2007-08-31 18:58:00 On my birthday no less!! A fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus got auctioned off for $8,000, far below the expected price. The 4½-foot-long "item," covered with weathered skin and dry muscle tissue, was sold to the company that runs the Ripley's Believe It or Not museums, said Josh Chait, director of operations for the I.M. Chait Gallery, his family's auction house. "Their corporate
Flashlight “firefighters of becoming extinct threatens! ”
2007-08-30 11:14:00 Trees race at the window past. The monotonous Rattern of the rails among us whispers: Sleep, releases and closes your eyes. I fight against my tiredness and abruptly from my dawning existence am torn: “dad, where is actually the fire-brigade? ” “I do not know it, my treasure. ” “I believe, the fire-brigade is become extinct… ”, answers my two-year daughter. Unbelievably, but happen in such a way, today, on the course travel from Kaufbeuren to Ulm…
By: el-blog.com
Heavy warm blood from Thuringia/Saxonia - from becoming extinct threatens!!
2007-08-29 11:01:00 From becoming extinct threatens…. The race heavy warm blood from Thuringia/Saxonia is not represented in Hessen as well as, neither with breed horses nor with customs horses. Weight the warm blood, formerly in Oldenburg/East Frisia resident, counts today from the races threatened by becoming extinct. Here to it a few documentations: ... Read more!
By: el-blog.com
Gingers extinct in 100 years?
2007-08-24 05:48:00 Scientists say that red-heads will could be extinct in 100 years. In a new National Geographic report, red-heads have less chance of meeting and mating today because of “global intermingling”. Less than two percent of the world’s population is red-headed and it looks like that number will further decline. Scientists say gingers could be extinct ...
By: The Jellyfisher
Redheads extinct in 100 years, say scientists
2007-08-23 09:06:00 Redheads are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists. The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago. Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own. I suggest you get them while you still can: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
By: Attuworld
MSNBC Says the Lunch Break is Going Extinct
2007-08-22 21:44:00 While digging into my morning fruit and tea routine (today’s delight being a banana coupled with Earl Grey), I landed on an MSNBC article by Eve Tahmincioglu. The writer illustrated a striking contrast between how lunch is treated in other countries (specifically, Greece) and here in The U.S. It’s commonplace in Europe to take a few ...
By: Modern Worker
NBC.com Reveals Crazed Crow Clip From Upcoming Film ?Resident Evil: Extinct
2007-08-14 17:25:00 NBC.com has revealed a new, crazed crow clip from the upcoming film ?Resident Evil: Extinction,? which opens on Sept. 21. The film stars Milla Jovovich and also features Mike Epps.Click here for the full clip.?Heroes? star Ali Larter gets the clip under way, which showcases a scene where they attempt to thwart crows that have been feasting on noxious flesh.
Will We Be Extinct in 12 Million Years?
2007-08-07 21:11:00 There are immediate dangers menacing the human civilization, like terrorism and climate change. We may struggle to fight these issues which are in the end caused by the human race. But what can we do against the Universe?In May 2007, a team led by Mikhail Medvedev at the University of Kansas emitted a novel theory aimed toexplain the periodicity of mass extinctions on Earth, which occur about once every 62 million years. "Themotion of the solar system exposes Earth to an onslaught of cosmic rays on a schedule that is synchronized to the mass extinctions.", signaled Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy at KU.The Milky Way galaxy appears to have a good side and a bad side. The bad aspect of the Milky Way would be its dorsal side. The team says that the leading, dorsal side of the Milky Way emits a shock wave as the galaxy travels through the universe. When the solar system periodically reaches the proximities of the dorsal boundary of the galaxy, about once every 64 mill...
By: TechnO FreakZ
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