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The science start-up Colossal is making sci-fi real! After resurrecting the dire wolf in 2025 using 72k-year-old DNA, they're eyeing the woolly mammoth for 2028. The goal: "rewilding" to restore and stabilize modern ecosystems. Read: bit.ly/4tIXAqo

Rolling Stone

@rollingstone.com

19 May

The "one essential truth of biology" is being upended: no biological mother is required to grow a rhino, marsupial, or whale. By developing artificial wombs and 3D-printed eggs, Colossal offers a "message of hope" for functionally extinct species. More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Rolling Stone

@rollingstone.com

Is de-extinction just a "moon shot?" For Colossal, it’s the "attention economy" using pop-culture hype to fund conservation. Mammoth research has already led to a vaccine for young elephants, proving "genetic rescue" protects species we have today. Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

19/5/26, 12:41 pm3 reposts16 likes

Hypocriticaldog

@hypocriticaldog.bsky.social

19 May

They didn't 'de-extinct' anything, you credulous ninnies. bsky.app/profile/adam...

Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social

The resurrection circus keeps clowning, but make no mistake, Dire wolves remain very extinct. An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist. arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...