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Some Scientists Want To Resurrect Extinct Species – Is It Even Possible?

Episode 371 The moa was a giant flightless bird from New Zealand that died out around 500 years ago. Are we about to see it brought back from extinction? Colossal Biosciences say they have made an artificial egg shell that is a step towards recreating the massive eggs of moas (an ...  Show more

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