RNA recovered from an extinct species in a big boost for de-extinction efforts https://www.earth.com/news/rna-recovered-from-an-extinct-species-tasmanian-tiger-for-first-time-ever/
Understanding why some children develop PTSD and anxiety after trauma. A child’s personal perceptions of how severe the event was had a stronger impact on their mental health than objective, measurable facts about the severity of the event.
To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight. Instead of attempting to completely sanitize children’s online environment, adults should focus on equipping children with tools to critically assess the information they encounter.
CPNZ on September 16, 2024 9:50 pm De extinction proposals are mostly a scam – this is interesting for other reasons – mostly technical – but not much to do with reviving the thylacine.
Sun-Anvil on September 16, 2024 10:02 pm Wasn’t there a TED Talk recently where a scientist (forgot her name) said no way this will happen. She was referencing DNA but still.
SecondHandWatch on September 16, 2024 10:43 pm I guess we are running out of animals to push to extinction, so we need more?
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De extinction proposals are mostly a scam – this is interesting for other reasons – mostly technical – but not much to do with reviving the thylacine.
Wasn’t there a TED Talk recently where a scientist (forgot her name) said no way this will happen. She was referencing DNA but still.
I guess we are running out of animals to push to extinction, so we need more?