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The Return of the Dire Wolf

The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a single one has been seen in over 10,000 years, when the species went extinct. Plenty of dire wolf remains have been discovered across the Americas, however, and that presented an opportunity for a company named Colossal Biosciences.
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Relying on deft genetic engineering and ancient, preserved DNA, Colossal scientists deciphered the dire wolf genome, rewrote the genetic code of the common gray wolf to match it, and, using domestic dogs as surrogate mothers, brought Romulus, Remus, and their sister, 2-month-old Khaleesi, into the world during three separate births last fall and this winter—effectively for the first time de-extincting a line of beasts whose live gene pool long ago vanished. TIME met the males (Khaleesi was not present due to her young age) at a fenced field in a U.S. wildlife facility in March, on the condition that their location remain a secret to protect the animals from prying eyes.
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Life finds a way…
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As long as Bran doesn't get one, fcuking whiny loser.
 
Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa

After completing the survey, the helicopter landed, where a specialist then requested the transport of one penguin back to Port Elizabeth. The report did not say why they had picked up the penguin. The aviation authority said the pilot conducted a "risk assessment" but omitted to include the transport of the penguin on board which "was not in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) 2011".

When the helicopter was about 15m (50 feet) above ground, the cardboard box slid off the lap of the specialist to the right and caused the cyclic pitch control lever to move to the far-right position causing the aircraft roll, the report determined. Unable to recover, the main rotor blades then struck the ground and the helicopter ultimately crashed on its starboard side approximately 20m from the point of lift-off. While the helicopter sustained substantial damage, both the pilot and passengers were uninjured and the penguin was unharmed.
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fatness said:
Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa

After completing the survey, the helicopter landed, where a specialist then requested the transport of one penguin back to Port Elizabeth. The report did not say why they had picked up the penguin. The aviation authority said the pilot conducted a "risk assessment" but omitted to include the transport of the penguin on board which "was not in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) 2011".

When the helicopter was about 15m (50 feet) above ground, the cardboard box slid off the lap of the specialist to the right and caused the cyclic pitch control lever to move to the far-right position causing the aircraft roll, the report determined. Unable to recover, the main rotor blades then struck the ground and the helicopter ultimately crashed on its starboard side approximately 20m from the point of lift-off. While the helicopter sustained substantial damage, both the pilot and passengers were uninjured and the penguin was unharmed.
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I am not making a tariff joke.
 
The moment we've all been waiting for ---

Potato Farming With Drones

"Grower Danny Omodei, whose family has been based in Pemberton for over a century and farming potatoes for 62 years, shared a candid story about how drone use started on his farm. Like many great ideas, the discussion about drones started over a few beers and soon progressed to integrating the machines into the farm practice,” he said."
 
fatness said:
Continuing the onslaught of turtle news:

www.nbcnews.com

Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100

Mommy, the female tortoise, is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ species survival plan.
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May we all get so lucky.
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Update on the baby Galapagos tortoises (tortii?) with lots of cool pictures:

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Four baby tortoises debut at Philadelphia Zoo, home to their nearly 100-year-old parents

Four baby Galapagos tortoises made their public debut Wednesday at the Philadelphia Zoo. They are the offspring of the zoo’s oldest residents, a female named Mommy and a male named Abrazzo, a pair of critically endangered Galapagos tortoises who have become first-time parents at the age of...
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Tough guy here.
 
Lake Superior State University gives out unicorn hunting licenses every year.

Application form.

Unicorn Hunting History​

The late W.T. (Bill) Rabe, known for clever PR stunts when working as a Detroit-area publicist, created the Unicorn Hunters in 1971 shortly after being hired as LSSU’s director of public relations. Assisted by LSSU Professors of English Peter Thomas, John McCabe, John Stevens, and others, Rabe envisioned the Unicorn Hunters as one way to garner more publicity for LSSU, which had just established itself as an independent school after being a branch of what is now Michigan Technological University. The gambit worked. For instance, an ABC News crew once came to campus to film students on a quest for unicorns in these wooded parts. Through its magical Department of Natural Unicorns, LSSU regularly continues to receive—and grant—requests for unicorn hunting licenses.

The Unicorn Hunters made the news often for other serious play, too, under Rabe, including the annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse, and Uselessness. This has since been spun off and receives national and international coverage; more than 1,000 words and terms have been banished among tens of thousands of nominations. Another Unicorn Hunters tradition is burning a snowman on the first day of spring. After all, the Upper Peninsula averages 120 inches of snow each year. Snowman Burning remains a popular draw at LSSU as well as the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
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Hundreds flock to abandoned sofa after it becomes village’s biggest tourist attraction

Hundreds of people have flocked to have their photo taken on a dumped sofa in the middle of a village after it became an unlikely tourist attraction. Since finding fame, the two-seater settee has been mentioned on TripAdvisor as something to do in Lydbrook, Gloucestershire and has a dedicated Facebook page.
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Photographer Alex Elton-Wall thought it presented an opportunity to document the local community and has since taken more than 150 portraits of nearby residents sitting on it.
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Photo.

BBC article and photos.
 
Mount Fuji climber rescued twice after going back for lost phone

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by helicopter on Tuesday while on the Fujinomiya trail, which sits about 3,000m (9,800ft) above sea level.
He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons - a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes for better traction.
But days later, he returned to the mountain to retrieve belongings that he left behind, including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness but is now out of danger.
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Mount Fuji climber rescued twice after going back for lost phone

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by helicopter on Tuesday while on the Fujinomiya trail, which sits about 3,000m (9,800ft) above sea level.
He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons - a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes for better traction.
But days later, he returned to the mountain to retrieve belongings that he left behind, including his phone. He was rescued again on Saturday after suffering from altitude sickness but is now out of danger.
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Hopefully he finally found his phone. Because after all that's the most important thing.
 
"Somebody's gotta go back and get a ****-load of dimes!"

Millions of coins spilled onto a Texas highway this week after a tractor-trailer hauling $800,000 in dimes rolled over in an accident, authorities said. The spillage led to the closure of a portion of the southbound lanes of U.S. 287 in Alvord for about half a day as workers got on their hands and knees to pick up the coins in addition to using brooms and shovels and large industrial vacuums.
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fatness said:
Tick said:
Nathan R. Jessep said:
interestingengineering.com

Watch Star Wars-styled Airbike take to skies, fly at 124 mph

The Airbike is 7 times lighter than a typical motorcycle with the use of advanced carbon fiber materials and 3d printing.
interestingengineering.com interestingengineering.com
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Oh, what an awful idea.
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The first thing I thought of was how much litter will be spread over wide areas if/when those are sold commercially, and how many plants and animals will be disturbed.
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I was thinking of body parts.
 
Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 set to crash back into Earth after 53 years

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight (May 9). The latest predictions from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the Kosmos 482 Descent Craft is poised to reenter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 2:26 a.m. EDT (06:26 GMT) on Saturday, May 10. The uncertainty for the prediction is plus or minus 4.35 hours, giving us an estimated reentry window of roughly 10 p.m. EDT Friday (May 9) to 7 a.m EDT Saturday, according to ESA.
 
beer 30 said:
Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 set to crash back into Earth after 53 years

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight (May 9). The latest predictions from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the Kosmos 482 Descent Craft is poised to reenter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 2:26 a.m. EDT (06:26 GMT) on Saturday, May 10. The uncertainty for the prediction is plus or minus 4.35 hours, giving us an estimated reentry window of roughly 10 p.m. EDT Friday (May 9) to 7 a.m EDT Saturday, according to ESA.
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Thanks. Now if I hear a loud noise this weekend at least I'll know what it is.
 
Leroy Hoard said:
beer 30 said:
Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 set to crash back into Earth after 53 years

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 will conclude its roughly 50-year jaunt through Earth's orbit this weekend, with experts predicting it could crash back to our planet as soon as tonight (May 9). The latest predictions from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the Kosmos 482 Descent Craft is poised to reenter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 2:26 a.m. EDT (06:26 GMT) on Saturday, May 10. The uncertainty for the prediction is plus or minus 4.35 hours, giving us an estimated reentry window of roughly 10 p.m. EDT Friday (May 9) to 7 a.m EDT Saturday, according to ESA.
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Thanks. Now if I hear a loud noise this weekend at least I'll know what it is.
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Painting a bullseye in my backyard, hoping for the best :thumbup:
 
After disappearing in 1991, Yugo cars are back:

www.dailymail.co.uk

The 'worst car in history' is set to return: Cheap 1980s model reborn

Wind the clock back to the early 1980s and drivers of a certain vintage will recall a car entering the UK market with big ambitions and a bargain price tag of just £3k. That motor is on the way back...
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"Some 794,428 Yugos were produced in total, though only a fraction of these were sold in Britain. By 2018, official registrations data showed just 19 still on the road. Half a decade later, UK numbers dwindled to just nine - and today there are only seven remaining. In 1997, one example came to a grizzly end when cavalry officer Hew Kennedy and his friend Richard Barr built a replica 13th century catapult - known as a trebuchet - and, to showcase its slinging capacity, attached a red Yugo."

Here's the video of the trebuchet launch which really looks like fun.
 
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After disappearing in 1991, Yugo cars are back:

www.dailymail.co.uk

The 'worst car in history' is set to return: Cheap 1980s model reborn

Wind the clock back to the early 1980s and drivers of a certain vintage will recall a car entering the UK market with big ambitions and a bargain price tag of just £3k. That motor is on the way back...
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

"Some 794,428 Yugos were produced in total, though only a fraction of these were sold in Britain. By 2018, official registrations data showed just 19 still on the road. Half a decade later, UK numbers dwindled to just nine - and today there are only seven remaining. In 1997, one example came to a grizzly end when cavalry officer Hew Kennedy and his friend Richard Barr built a replica 13th century catapult - known as a trebuchet - and, to showcase its slinging capacity, attached a red Yugo."

Here's the video of the trebuchet launch which really looks like fun.
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I vaguely remember, back in the day, an ad in the paper offering a free Yugo if you bought a new Buick Riviera at a dealership in Lowell MA.
 
fatness said:
After disappearing in 1991, Yugo cars are back:

www.dailymail.co.uk

The 'worst car in history' is set to return: Cheap 1980s model reborn

Wind the clock back to the early 1980s and drivers of a certain vintage will recall a car entering the UK market with big ambitions and a bargain price tag of just £3k. That motor is on the way back...
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

"Some 794,428 Yugos were produced in total, though only a fraction of these were sold in Britain. By 2018, official registrations data showed just 19 still on the road. Half a decade later, UK numbers dwindled to just nine - and today there are only seven remaining. In 1997, one example came to a grizzly end when cavalry officer Hew Kennedy and his friend Richard Barr built a replica 13th century catapult - known as a trebuchet - and, to showcase its slinging capacity, attached a red Yugo."

Here's the video of the trebuchet launch which really looks like fun.
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Grizzly? Get it together, Daily Mail.
 
The most-sold Volkswagen part ever is Volkswagen Originalteil "Volkswagen Original Part" under part number 199 398 500 A.

Part number 199 398 500 A is a sausage, known as Volkswagen currywurst.

The product has been described as the most-produced of any of Volkswagen's parts, with some 7 million sausages made in 2019. In many recent years, the company has produced more sausages than cars. Volkswagen also makes a ketchup, Volkswagen Originalteil 199 398 500 B, to accompany the currywurst — slightly more viscous than traditional ketchup. A pack of sausages and a bottle of ketchup retail for approximately €9. The factory also makes a wheat-based vegan version.
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Crates full of Nazi documents found in Argentine court's basement
Crates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court. The unusual find was made as workers were clearing the building's basement ahead of its archives being moved to a newly created museum. The documents were sent by the German embassy in Tokyo and arrived in Argentina on 20 June 1941 inside 83 diplomatic pouches aboard a Japanese steamship, according to information gathered by court officials. They ended up in the Supreme Court that same year after they were confiscated by Argentine customs officials who had opened five pouches at random and found Nazi propaganda material inside. They were rediscovered last week by workers who were intrigued by a number of wooden champagne crates they stumbled upon while moving archival material from the Supreme Court's basement. "Upon opening one of the boxes, we identified material intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina during [World War Two]," the court said about the find.
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dailygalaxy.com

America's Largest Underground Lake Discovered by a 13-Year-Old Boy

A young explorer stumbled upon a vast underground lake that remains largely unexplored, holding secrets yet to be uncovered.
dailygalaxy.com dailygalaxy.com

In 1905, a 13-year-old boy, Ben Sands, stumbled upon a remarkable discovery deep within the Craighead Caverns in Tennessee. This underground lake, which would later be known as the Lost Sea, is now considered the largest subterranean lake in North America. Sands’ unexpected find has since captivated the imagination of both scientists and the public. The cave, which had been known to the Cherokee people long before European settlers arrived, had a rich history. Early explorers used the cool environment to store food, and the cave contained artifacts like pottery and arrowheads. Despite its long history of human exploration, the Lost Sea remained hidden until Sands’ accidental discovery. As revealed in a CBS News report, this lake continues to puzzle divers and scientists alike. While parts of it have been mapped and explored, the lake’s vastness and remote locations make full exploration a challenge. Its full extent is still unknown, sparking curiosity about the unknown depths that still await discovery beneath the surface.
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fatness said:
dailygalaxy.com

America's Largest Underground Lake Discovered by a 13-Year-Old Boy

A young explorer stumbled upon a vast underground lake that remains largely unexplored, holding secrets yet to be uncovered.
dailygalaxy.com dailygalaxy.com

In 1905, a 13-year-old boy, Ben Sands, stumbled upon a remarkable discovery deep within the Craighead Caverns in Tennessee. This underground lake, which would later be known as the Lost Sea, is now considered the largest subterranean lake in North America. Sands’ unexpected find has since captivated the imagination of both scientists and the public. The cave, which had been known to the Cherokee people long before European settlers arrived, had a rich history. Early explorers used the cool environment to store food, and the cave contained artifacts like pottery and arrowheads. Despite its long history of human exploration, the Lost Sea remained hidden until Sands’ accidental discovery. As revealed in a CBS News report, this lake continues to puzzle divers and scientists alike. While parts of it have been mapped and explored, the lake’s vastness and remote locations make full exploration a challenge. Its full extent is still unknown, sparking curiosity about the unknown depths that still await discovery beneath the surface.
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this is incredible
 
fatness said:
dailygalaxy.com

America's Largest Underground Lake Discovered by a 13-Year-Old Boy

A young explorer stumbled upon a vast underground lake that remains largely unexplored, holding secrets yet to be uncovered.
dailygalaxy.com dailygalaxy.com

In 1905, a 13-year-old boy, Ben Sands, stumbled upon a remarkable discovery deep within the Craighead Caverns in Tennessee. This underground lake, which would later be known as the Lost Sea, is now considered the largest subterranean lake in North America. Sands’ unexpected find has since captivated the imagination of both scientists and the public. The cave, which had been known to the Cherokee people long before European settlers arrived, had a rich history. Early explorers used the cool environment to store food, and the cave contained artifacts like pottery and arrowheads. Despite its long history of human exploration, the Lost Sea remained hidden until Sands’ accidental discovery. As revealed in a CBS News report, this lake continues to puzzle divers and scientists alike. While parts of it have been mapped and explored, the lake’s vastness and remote locations make full exploration a challenge. Its full extent is still unknown, sparking curiosity about the unknown depths that still await discovery beneath the surface.
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Is this breaking news from 1905?
 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
news.mit.edu

Particles carrying multiple vaccine doses could reduce the need for follow-up shots

New polymer microparticles can be used to deliver vaccines at different times. The work, by MIT researchers, could lead to childhood vaccines given just once, eliminating the need for booster doses.
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That's interesting stuff, thanks.

To make it easier for children to receive all of their vaccines, MIT researchers are working to develop microparticles that can release their payload weeks or months after being injected. This could lead to vaccines that can be given just once, with several doses that would be released at different time points. In a study appearing today in the journal Advanced Materials, the researchers showed that they could use these particles to deliver two doses of diphtheria vaccine — one released immediately, and the second two weeks later. Mice that received this vaccine generated as many antibodies as mice that received two separate doses two weeks apart. The researchers now hope to extend those intervals, which could make the particles useful for delivering childhood vaccines that are given as several doses over a few months, such as the polio vaccine.
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Tick said:
slate.com

It’s One of the Weirdest Mistakes in Movie History. I Spent Months Investigating How It All Went Wrong.

The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird.
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I found this amusing - tilting at windmills, just chasing a useless answer, but following through and finding it.
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I'd listened to the podcast episode when it came out. One of the things that stuck with me was the screenwriter talking about how hard it is to write comedy... you write a funny script, people read it and laugh, sure. But then you need to spend six months in pre-production to make the movie--casting, hiring a director, etc--and those lines are still funny but everyone's read them fifty times and now they're stale... they wouldn't be to the audience when they see the movie for the first time, but, to everyone involved in making the movie they're in desperate need of a change. So they go through re-write after re-write even though it doesn't really need it. Losing the perspective of seeing the material fresh really hurts sometimes.
 
Shark fisherman uses drone to save teenage girl from rip current at Pensacola Beach

"I was sitting there and this girl came running asking if anybody could swim, I said no, I absolutely could not swim, and she was running and screaming, and nobody could swim," Smith said. "Her friend was getting sucked more and more out, and I looked down at the drone and was like, 'The drone can swim but I can't.'" That's when Smith sprang into action. "I ran up and grabbed one of those and ran back down to the drone," Smith said. "I flew it out, and it was a terrible miss. I released it too early, it was really windy."

At this point, the teenage girl had been battling the rip current for five minutes. "I was shaking pretty badly," Smith said. "It was nerve-wracking, I almost cried." Smith didn't give up, another bystander gave him a second flotation device. Bystander, Robert Nay, then started filming, saying, 'He had never seen anything like that in his life.' He added it was, 'Apparent the young girl was losing steam very fast.' ..... "I flew it back out, and after the first one, I could tell how windy it was," Smith said. "Then I lowered it down, I had to go slower and slower down to her because that was it. That was the last opportunity we were going to have." In his second drop, the mission was successful. "I lowered it until you could see her hands grab it, and then I lowered it a little more and I released it," Smith said. "She climbed on and started floating."
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