America’s Environmental Protection Agency “granted permission for genetically engineered mosquitoes to be released into the Florida Keys and around Houston to see if they can help limit the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses,” writes Bloomberg Environment. clovis (Slashdot reader #4,684) shared their report on ab experimental use permit granted to British biotech company Oxitec Ltd:
Oxitec’s first field trial in Brazil achieved up…
Tag: Eggs
Powerful X-ray imaging reveals new details of dinosaur embryos in eggs
To look at dinosaur embryos entombed inside 200 million year old fossil eggs, scientists used powerful X-rays to create detailed images. They wanted to see how these embryos compared to those of modern-day dinosaur relatives. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/dinosaur-fossil-embryo-synchrotron-x-rays…
These ‘alien eggs’ are not what they seem
Images showing a field full of objects resembling eggs from the ‘Alien’ movie franchise have recently gone viral. The pictures, which were posted up o… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335793/these-alien-eggs-are-not-what-they-seem…
Top tips for feeding wild birds
It’s OK to feed wild birds. Here are some tips for doing it the right way from a wildlife ecologist. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/top-tips-feeding-wild-birds…
Eggshells support idea that dinosaurs were warm-blooded
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold-blooded? According to a new study that analyzed the chemistry of dinosaur eggshells, the answer is “warm”. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/eggshells-suggest-dinosaurs-warm-blooded…
Read an excerpt from ‘The Falcon Thief’
Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons’ nests around the world, to sell to private collectors. Source: https://www.livescience.com/falcon-thief-book-excerpt.html
Do Dreams Really Reveal Our Deepest Secrets?
They’re not a cache of Easter eggs. Source: https://www.livescience.com/do-dreams-reveal-deep-secrets.html
Chinese Newspaper Touts Videogame Where Players ‘Hunt Down Traitors’ in Hong Kong
The Global Times is a daily tabloid newspaper published “under the auspices” of the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily, according to Wikipedia. And this week Slashdot reader Tulsa_Time noticed that this official state-run newspaper “promoted a video game where users are tasked with hunting down the ‘traitors’ leading Hong Kong’s ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations.” Here’s an excerpt from the article by China’s…
There Still Aren’t Any Rules Preventing Rogue Scientists From Making Gene-Edited Babies
Emily Mullin, writing for OneZero: Around this time last November, Chinese scientist He Jiankui stunned the world when he revealed the birth of the first known gene-edited babies. Working in relative secrecy, he had used CRISPR to modify human embryos in the lab and then established pregnancies with those embryos. Twin girls with edited genomes were born as a result. The…
Tons of acorns in your yard? It must be a mast year
Masting is what biologists call the pattern of trees for miles around synchronizing to all produce lots of seeds – or very few. Why and how do they get on schedule? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/mast-year-synchorized-seeds-trees…