Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Amateur fossil hunter Eddie Templeton usually knows when he’s found something. Having combed Mississippi stream banks since he was a kid, Templeton has made some striking finds of extinct mammals, including a mastodon lower jaw,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances, and more. Fossil chromosomes have been found in a piece of woolly mammoth skin unearthed from the permafrost in Siberia, the first of its kind, according to new research. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near… Read More »
Molecules taken from the bodies of extinct species, including the woolly mammoth and giant sloth, were resurrected and appeared to fight infections. In an effort to discover new antibiotics, scientists have used artificial intelligence to extract biological data from long-dead species in the hope of finding missing pieces that can be repurposed. The Machine Biology… Read More »
Yukon Government Allegation: One image originally shows the preserved remains of a baby mammoth that died about 30,000 years ago. Evaluation: Rating: True A photo was shared in late March 2024. Facebook claiming to show Remains of a baby mammoth that died approximately 30,000 years agoDiscovered by a Yukon gold miner“After being preserved in permafrost… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. In our daily environment there are constant reminders of the many parts of life that originated on Earth. Rocks and soil preserve evidence of ages before our own, such as… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. In our daily environment there are constant reminders of the many parts of life that originated on Earth. Rocks and soil preserve evidence of ages before our own, such as… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000 years ago, is making some progress, according to scientists involved. The long-term goal is to… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000 years ago, is making some progress, according to scientists involved. The long-term goal is to… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Subscribe to CNNs Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Early human settlements in what is now Alaska closely followed the movements of a female woolly mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago, according to a new study. During its lifetime, the animal ranged about… Read More »