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‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...
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Can You Patent a Species? The Debate Over Genetic Ownership
With CRISPR, anyone could theoretically alter the genome of a plant, animal, or even a human. The rush to patent CRISPR-based ...
Lord of the Rings director backs de-extinction project
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...
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‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan
Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led to an unusual ...
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Your Vegetables Are Getting Less Nutritious and Eating Meat Is Part of the Problem, Study Finds
New research shows that rising temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels could reduce the nutritional value of key ...