Two brothers – Romulus and Remus – and a younger female pup called Khaleesi,after the popular Game of Thrones character,were genetically engineered by a US lab.
The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.
The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it,people.
The incredible botanical double-act comes just two and a half weeks after the flower named Putricia became a global sensation. And this one’s stinkier.
Secret doors,smoke plumes,air locks,a million species and shipwrecked treasures:this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.
The public can no longer see Sydney’s celebrated corpse flower. But what happens next is extraordinary.
Why would evolution produce an organism that must spend 150 minutes a week doing things like running on a treadmill to maintain health?
One had an ape-like big toe,the other a high arch. One was a juvenile,another had a stiff foot.
The bone-crushing fossilised jaws were one of three Tasmanian tiger ancestors uncovered by palaeontologists,amid a contentious effort to resurrect the marsupial carnivore.
They were shrewd,complex and creative,and we shared the planet with them (and other types of humans) for thousands of years. So why did the Neanderthals die out and not us?