Crazy Science

What Could Go Wrong

Woolly mammoth set in a winter scene environment. Realistic 3d illustration.
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This headline in my news feed caught my attention big time:
A New Company Wants To Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth

First, haven’t these people seen Jurassic Park? Hint, it ends very badly for a lot of people.

Secondly, this creature thrived in the Artic Tundra and by the time they work out all the issues with DNA editing, and more importantly, creating an external artificial uterus for gestating the embryos, will there be any artic tundra left with the current global warming situation?

At least they didn’t want to start with velociraptors…

Stephen Hawking is an Optimist

All over the science section of my Google News feed today was the bold prediction by mega-mind theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking that humans have about a century to find another planetary home. Collating all the scientific data I could make up, the following chart proves that Mr. Hawking is an optimist.

Looks like a couple of decades before geneticists figure out how to make humans immortal, the ability of mankind to survive on Earth will diminish to zero.