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POPSWoolly mammoth DNA nearly deciphered Full-sized mammoths, about 8 to 14 feet tall like elephants, became extinct about 10,000 years ago. go to source full story To obtain the DNA, scientists relied on 20 balls of mammoth hair found frozen in the Siberian permafrost. That technique - along with major improvements in genome sequencing and the still-emerging field of synthetic biology - is helping biologists envision a science-fiction future.
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POPSMichael Crichton 1942 - 2008 But what a strange career the man had, from Harvard Medical School to the top of the book and movie charts to Hollywood blockbusters to odd best-selling jeremiads against Japanese businessmen and global warming activists. The consistent themes of his work are the consequences of man's own hubris and a thoroughgoing paranoia. Someone is always coming up with a brilliant notion in Crichton, and it always goes hideously kablooey. Bring dinosaurs back to life? Okay, but they'll escape and gobble you up. Organ transplants? Fine until the medical establishment starts harvesting them for profit. Robots? Forget about the robots: they'll shoot you down ("Westworld") or come after you with knives ("Runaway"). Plastic surgery, biotech implants, chasing tornadoes? All terrible, terrible ideas ("Looker," "The Terminal Man," "Twister").
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POPSNovelist-Screenwriter Michael Crichton, Dies At 66 Crichton would visit that theme again with his triumphant Jurassic Park -- the story of a billionaire entrepreneur who tries to thwart nature and evolution by creating a theme park of genetically engineered dinosaurs. Again, the villain was of our own creation and just doing what nature dictated. In addition to being a prolific novelist, Crichton was an accomplished screenwriter (Extreme Close-Up, Twister) and director (Coma) -- the latter also a scientific cautionary tale by a British MD turned writer, Robin Cooke. He believed that there was a phenomenon he called "consensus science" that invented or exaggerated the existence or effects of such things as global warming and second-hand smoke. No less a believer than Al Gore dismissed Crichton, and presumably his 2004 novel State of Fear, by telling a U.S. House committee: "The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor....
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POPSER & Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton dies felt funny hearing about his death since I recently started rereading his book timeline I seem to regulary get interested in someones works at the time of their passing a great writer , I hope he gets acclaim for his genius
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POPSR.I.P. Michael Crichton, dead at age 66 Other Crichton fiction novels include "The Great Train Robbery," "Congo," "Sphere," "Rising Sun," "The Lost World," and "Airframe." Nonfiction works include "Five Patients," "Jasper Johns," "Electronic Life," and "Travels."
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POPSIce-Age Rhino remains found in UK Emelia, who wants to become a palaeontologist, had joined the fossil hunt for the first time. It was organised by the Cotswold Water Park Society and led by Swindon palaeontologist Dr Neville Hollingworth who also found the remains of a woolly rhinoceros in a gravel pit near Swindon in 2004
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POPSThe Seven Sweetest Fictional Theme Parks Pt 2 (#4 - #1) Ah, we saved the best for last.... Yes, if you have not guessed what number one is by now I have this to say: Did you see ANY movies in the early to mid 90s when this one started the new Dinosaur craze? We even had to endure Brendan Fraser as Encino Man due to this one! By now I am sure you know Michael Crichton's Magnum Opus is number one. and no, it is NOT Congo! Enjoy!
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POPS30 Upcoming Movie Sequels to say Why??? Maybe I am jaded from working on movies (and many of them went straight-to-video) but the on;y ones I see with positive potential outside the stars are National Treasure 3, The Descent 2 (read the Book -they may get it right for once!), Ice Age 3 (2 was great no matter what they say), Ghost Rider 2 (It's Cage but it is a damn good story too), The Untouchables: Capone Rising (a prequel to the 1987 hit) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (face it folks, Archeology and Pulp-Style cliffhangers will rock because of Indiana Jones!) My biggest disappointment on this list? Easily, People Under the Stairs 2. It was a horrible movie in 87 and I do not see how a sequel will help.
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POPSFind Sounds Now here is a GREAT time waster.If you can't amuse yourself here,you don't belong in grade school :)
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POPSWorld Seed Banks Seed banks are vital to help preserve the Earth's biodiversity, but are not a solution to the alarming loss of plant (and animal) species we're seeing in the world today. Many species have not, and will never be genetically recorded or stored, before they go extinct It's simply impossible to take a backup of the whole plant world. It's so important we try to preserve what we have, before we lose it.
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POPSRobot Jurassic Park: Still Hazardous Instead of an isolated island, the park will be in an isolated country. Robot dinosaurs will come chasing after you instead of real ones. It'll still cost a fortune to go.
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POPSMonsanto in quotes "Genetic power's the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid who's found his dad's gun....and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunch box, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it." -Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park Visit the link to read many other quotes on the issue of GMOs.
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