#engineered evolution

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Siberian scientists announce they now have a ‘high chance’ to clone the woolly mammoth

“‘We must have a reason to do this, as it is one thing to clone it for scientific purpose, and another to clone for the sake of curiosity’.

But theoretically the possibility exists that this female mammoth will become the parent of the first of the species to walk the planet.

Mr Khayrullin also acknowledged that the mammoth cannot be identical to the creatures that become extinct between 4,000 and 10,000 years ago.

'It will be a different mammoth to the one living 43,000 years ago, specially taking into account that there will be interbreeding with a female elephant.'

If and when experiments begin, an elephant will be the surrogate mother, enabling the species to be brought back from the dead.”

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A 3D printed cybernetic ear that even a transhumanist would love

"this bioengineered ear is unique in that it utilizes embedded electronics that allow it to pick up radio frequencies outside the range of normal human hearing"

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Autodesk Wants To Build A Better Software For Printing Human Tissue

"In other words, the goal isn’t to put a bioprinter in every home. Rather, the new software could open the technology up to a broader range of specialists, who could work together with Organovo to print the results. Which doesn’t sound very different from Staples’ new plan to allow customers to submit models for in-store 3-D printing."