No, this isn’t Jurassic Park level de-extinction. Yes, scientists are using machine learning to mine therapeutic molecules from our extinct relatives.
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Scientists baffled by golden orb found in Gulf of Alaska
“I’m not even sure that that was the most interesting thing on that dive,” the expedition coordinator said.
100 million years ago, dinosaurs left clues about how they lived in Interior Alaska
The most common footprints found were from plant-eating dinosaurs that made three-toed prints, but there were also some prints left by a four-toed, armored ankylosaur.
Local stories mean Yukon River ‘treasure trove’ is more than just a lot of dinosaur footprints
It has been more than a decade since researchers first announced that they’d found dinosaur footprints along the middle section of the Yukon River. And when that team did make their discovery public, they also said that it was unlikely that people who live along the river even knew dinosaur footprints littered the riverbanks near them. But…
Most of Anchorage safe from tsunami, but new report notes threat from worst-case scenario
A tsunami could overrun parts of the coast in the Anchorage area if a large enough earthquake hit in the right place during a high tide in Cook Inlet.
Scientists find a ‘dinosaur bonanza’ during Yukon River trip
In a single week, they’ve turned up at least two dozen footprints left by at least five different species
Scientists embark on a Yukon River expedition to track down a trove of dinosaur footprints
The rocky outcrops the team will target are up to 100 million years old.
Craig George, renowned Arctic wildlife biologist and whale expert, missing in rafting accident
Craig George, 70, spent decades studying bowhead whales and documenting their long-term increases.
Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it.
The implications are potentially enormous, says history professor Kimberly Hamlin: “The myth that man is the hunter and woman is the gatherer … naturalizes the inferiority of women.”
Scientists look for clues to Mt. Edgecumbe’s next eruption
While no eruption is imminent, scientists recently spent a few days collecting data on surface temperatures and gasses they hope will shed light on what’s brewing beneath the surface.