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Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: saber-toothed cats, inbreeding, extinction

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Study uncovers lost 'golden age' of languages (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Mike Cummings | tags: yale, claire bowern, roman empire

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Earth's Biggest Disasters Strike In a Hidden Pattern Every 27 Million Years (slashdot.org)

2026-07-28 | tags: mass extinctions, mantle convection, galactic influences

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Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming — now many of them are lost (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kreier | tags: rosetta stone, egyptian hieroglyphs, language extinction

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Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-20 | by Marina Temkin | tags: colossal biosciences, dire wolf, de-extinction

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The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Not Have Done It Exactly How We Thought (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: chicxulub, asteroid, dinosaurs

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Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: microsoft, data center, extinction rebellion

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'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | by Tech Workers Coalition | tags: microsoft, hyperscale data centre, acid attack

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Anthropic Hires Economist Who Says 33 Percent Chance of Human Extinction Is Acceptable (futurism.com)

2026-06-30 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: anthropic, ai safety, chad jones

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The Company Trying to Bring Back the Mammoth Just Teamed Up With the US Government (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-25 | get Mammoth DNA Preservation Kit → | tags: mammoth, biotech startup, us fish & wildlife

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Colossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’ (wired.com)

2026-06-25 | by Emily Mullin | get BioVault Endangered Species Kit → | tags: colossal biosciences, us fish and wildlife service, endangered species act

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Artificial egg hatched 26 healthy chickens (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-21 | get Egg Incubation Kit → | tags: colossal biosciences, artificial egg, de-extinction

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Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg. (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-20 | get Egg Incubator Kit → | tags: colossal, artificial eggshell, avian species

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Colossal Bioscience’s Multidisciplinary Science Approach Makes Major Breakthrough: Artificial Avian Eggs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | by Logan Simmons | get Smart Egg Incubator → | tags: colossal bioscience, artificial avian eggs, de-extinction

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‘De-Extinction’ Start-up Just Hatched Baby Chicks From a 3D-Printed Artificial Egg (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get 3D-Printed Egg Kit → | tags: colossal biosciences, de-extinction, 3d-printed egg

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The imperfect legacy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-01 | by Qi | tags: custodian-7, law, nature futures

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‘De-extinction’ Startup Wants to Revive Antelope Killed Off by South African Colonists (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get De-Extinction Science Kit → | tags: colossal biosciences, de-extinction, bluebuck

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Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something? (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Tom Hawking | get De-Extinction Science Kit → | tags: colossal, de-extinction, bluebuck

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The Cockroach of Dinosaurs Likely Survived Extinction Because of Its Big Wet Eggs (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-16 | get Dinosaur Egg Incubator → | tags: lystrosaurus, dinosaurs, eggs

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Suspect in attack at Sam Altman's house aimed to kill OpenAI CEO, warned of humanity's extinction from AI (cnbc.com)

2026-04-13 | by Ashley Capoot | get AI Safety and Security Kit → | tags: openai, sam altman, ai extinction

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The Rational Conclusion of Doomerism Is Violence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | by Alexander Campbell | tags: openai, pauseai, yudkowsky

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‘Doomsday’ Asteroids Could Have Kickstarted Life on Our Planet (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-10 | get Asteroid Impact Model Kit → | tags: asteroids, meteor impact, life origin

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Are the bees still dying? The scary truth behind the continuing ‘beepocalypse’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-10 | get Bee Care Kit → | tags: honeybees, bee extinction, beepocalypse

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How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | by Posted | get Evolutionary Biology Book → | tags: species, extinction, liberty

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Apple’s 5th Ave store spray-painted to protest ‘climate hypocrisy’ (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Emma Roth | get Meta Quest → | tags: apple, climate, extinction