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3 weeks ago

Daily briefing: This whale has been spotted alive in the wild for the first time ever

First confirmed live ginkgo-toothed beaked whales sighted off Mexico; oldest RNA recovered from woolly mammoths; tirzepatide suppresses brain activity linked to food cravings.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Oldest RNA recovered from a mammoth that lived 40,000 years ago

Every year, when the thaw arrives in Siberia, groups of explorers set out in search of the mammoth. Tusks and other bones from these extinct pachyderms surface so frequently that locals use them to prop up their tents or sell them on the black market. In the best-case scenario, those who find some of these carcasses are scientists, leading to extraordinary discoveries about the vanished fauna of the Ice Age.
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