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The World, the Universe and Us — Weekly: First ever RNA from an extinct animal; big news about small solar system objects; “brainless” jellyfish can still learn
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 71%27m·2023-09-22·Science

Weekly: First ever RNA from an extinct animal; big news about small solar system objects; “brainless” jellyfish can still learn

The World, the Universe and Us · 216

#216 For the first time ever, a team has extracted RNA from an extinct animal. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, are carnivorous marsupials that went extinct in the early 20th century. While we’ve been extracting DNA from extinct animals for years, getting their RNA has been much more difficult. What can this…

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