mammoths

"It is the elephant in the genomics room: can extinct species be resurrected? One bioscience firm insists they can, announcing its intent to use emerging technology to restore the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra." "The animals died out about 4,000 years ago. For decades, scientists have...

The other night, I was flicking throught he channels and hit on the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" - the one where the whole Northern hemisphere freezes solid in about 3.2 seconds flat. I watched just long enough to catch a scene where somebody was explaining that it had happened before, in...