De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth. Well, not the woolly mammoth exactly, but an Asian elephant gene-edited to give it the fuzzy hair and layer of blubber that allowed its close relative to thrive in sub-zero environments. To get to these so-called “functional mammoths,” Colossal’s scientists need to solve a … Read more
If you want a snappy death, one expert’s advice is to leap into a river near the Australian city of Darwin — within minutes, you’ll be in the jaws of one of the hundreds of crocodiles that stalk its murky waters. That’s the promise of Grahame Webb, whose conservation efforts are credited with helping wrestle … Read more
The idea that humans caused this extinction, but human ingenuity can put things right again? Reed: That is one of the big questions that we should be exploring in the documentary series. That is at the heart of whether you support what Colossal are doing, whether you want de-extinction or whether you think it’s not … Read more
Ice climbers and ecosystems will be forced to adapt as winter patterns change—and Arnold believes the sport will survive. People who engage in outdoor activities are adaptive, he says. “Sometimes I am concerned. But I don’t think it will happen,” he says of the possibility of ice climbing going extinct. There is already research showing … Read more
AMSTERDAM — Climate activists blocked part of the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of ING bank for hours on Saturday to protest its financing of fossil fuels. Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters were detained by police late in the afternoon after ignoring orders to end their blockade. Police said the operation to … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Hundreds of years ago, when the Mexica established themselves in what would become the capital of the Aztec Empire, they encountered an alien-looking creature with a permanent grin and a crown of feathery gills. Fascinated, they named it axolotl — water monster — and revered it as … Read more
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Parasitic, elusive, and emitting an overwhelming odor of putrefying flesh, Rafflesia—often called the corpse flower—has intrigued botanists for centuries. Now, scientists are warning that it is at risk of extinction and calling for action to save it. The blooms of … Read more
The primary time we communicate, Joep Meindertsma shouldn’t be in a superb place. He tears up as he describes a dialog wherein he warned his niece concerning the threat of synthetic intelligence inflicting societal collapse. Afterward, she had a panic assault. “I cry each different day,” he says, talking over Zoom from his residence within … Read more
The Microsoft Bing App is seen operating on an iPhone on this photograph illustration on 30 Might, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photograph by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs) Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Photographs Synthetic intelligence might result in human extinction and lowering the dangers related to the expertise must be a worldwide precedence, … Read more
Main figures within the growth of synthetic intelligence methods, together with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, have signed an announcement warning that the know-how they’re constructing could sometime pose an existential menace to humanity corresponding to that of nuclear battle and pandemics. “Mitigating the danger of extinction from AI must … Read more