April 16, 2021
Fri. 04/16 - Human-Monkey Chimera Embryos Are a Reality Now
Scientists have created human-monkey hybrid embryos––yes, you heard that right. Archaeologists have found an entire lost city in Egypt. We have even more pterosaur news this week! And a very delicious false alarm in Krakow.
Scientists have created human-monkey hybrid embryos––yes, you heard that right. Archaeologists have found an entire lost city in Egypt. We have even more pterosaur news this week! And a very delicious false alarm in Krakow.
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Links:
- Scientists Created the First Embryo With Human and Non-Human Primate Cells (TIME)
- Embryos That Are Part Monkey, Part Human Raise Ethical Concerns (NPR)
- Controversial 'Chimera' Embryos Made by Scientists Are Part Human, Part Monkey (Science Alert)
- First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals (Nature)
- Archaeologists discover 3,000 year-old 'lost' city in Egypt (CNN)
- 'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt (National Geographic)
- Archaeologists find “lost golden city” buried under sand for 3,400 years (Wired)
- Adorable 'Porg' Pterosaur Flapped Above Jurassic China (Gizmodo)
- Mystery tree beast turns out to be croissant (BBC)
- Krakow's very own lizard cryptid turns out to be a croissant (A/V Club)
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