Thursday, May 1, 2025

When the Actual Science Just Isn't Enough

 

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
Apr 8 2025, phys.org

Read ^this headline above, read it twice, then read the headlines below, because it's a good way to understand how news media works:

  • Dire wolves are back from extinction. Here's how, Yahoo News
  • The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company, CBS News
  • Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf, CNN News
  • Scientists say they revived dire wolf through biotech company's de-extinction process, ABC News
  • Scientists revive dire wolf species from 'Game of Thrones' in world's first known 'de-extinction', New York Post
  • Does Colossal Biosciences' dire wolf creation justify its $10B+ valuation? TechCrunch
  • Scientists Warn Dire Wolf Could Bring 'Unintended Consequences', Rolling Stone
  • Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close, New York Times

And here's other, more sober, soundbites:

  • Scientists genetically engineer wolves with features like extinct dire wolf, The Hill 
  • Has the Dire Wolf Truly Been Resurrected? We Asked the Experts, Gizmodo
  • Scientists say they 'de-extincted' dire wolves. Experts at La Brea Tar Pits are skeptical, LA Times
  • Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, Live Science
  • (another one from phys, about a week later)


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