"I've personally never seen anything like this -- all these animals, the sheer volume -- all waiting for food from the current," expedition member and marine biologist Dr. Mireille Consalvey said Monday.
SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.
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A new technique that mimics healing processes found in nature could enable damaged aircraft to mend themselves automatically,even during a flight.As well as the obvious safety benefits,this breakthrough could make it possible to design lighter aeroplane
On 4/25,NASA's Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun.The flare,an explosive release of energy from a star, packed the power of thousands of solar flares.The star,EV Lacertae,a red dwarf,contains less
A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to life by Melbourne researchers. "We've brought a fraction of this extinct genome back to life," Pask, at the Department of Zoology, says. "No one has done this in a
Scientists have taken a gene from an extinct creature, the Tasmanian tiger, and made it work in a mouse embryo. The pioneering work shows how researchers can investigate the biology of an extinct species by putting its genes in a living organism
Marine scientists surveying a large undersea mountain chain were amazed to find millions of tiny starfish swirling their arms to capture food in the undersea current.
The discovery of a parrot fossil in Scandinavia dating back some 55 million years, indicates that they were once common in colder climes like Norway and Denmark. Parrots today live only in the tropics and the southern hemisphere, but this new