This is the Strange saga of how scientists went to some of the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean, dug 250 feet into the sediment, collected an ancient community of microbes, took them back to a laboratory, and revived them. And you’re going to think: Why, in the already horrible …
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Pfizer and BioNTech are beginning a large study of a candidate vaccine for Covid-19 with the goal of obtaining approvals, but it’s not the one for which results were released earlier this month. The companies have always said they planned to choose from four different candidates, all of whom use …
Read More »Woolly mammoth skeleton found in a lake in the Russian Arctic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists are studying the incredibly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the land at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallow waters of a northern lake in Siberia. Part of its skull, several ribs and bones of …
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Growing like A kid immersed in American popular culture, it’s hard to escape the impression that samurai are really cool. Japanese figures, the military nobility of a certain period in Japanese history, beginning in the 12th century, have been completely absorbed by American pop nerdiness and have become infinite amazing …
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As a voter in the annual Associated Press NFL Awards, I said early enough that Thomas would receive my support for Offensive Player of the Year. And in fact he took the hardware home, becoming the second recipient to win the award (joining Jerry Rice). There are faster, more electric …
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