Last seen around 80 years ago, the Xerces blue butterfly has been presumed extinct ever since. Its extinction has been considered the first in an American insect species to have been directly caused by humans. But questions have always persisted as to whether it was ever actually its own species to begin with and whether it did in fact go extinct all those years ago. Now, new … [Read more...] about 93-Year-Old Butterfly Is The First US Insect To Go Extinct Because Of Humans
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Filmmaker Shares The Moment An Uncontacted Tribe Sees White People For The First Time And Looks As If They’ve Seen Ghosts
Rare video has emerged purporting to show the meeting of a filmmaker and his crew with a previously uncontacted tribe. Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, a Belgian author and director, released footage in 1993 of what he claimed was the first ever encounter captured on film with members of the Toulambi tribe in Papua New Guinea. It was also claimed that this was the group's first … [Read more...] about Filmmaker Shares The Moment An Uncontacted Tribe Sees White People For The First Time And Looks As If They’ve Seen Ghosts
A Scientists Successfully Sequence the DNA of Man From the Pompeii Eruption for the First Time
Thousands of lives were changed forever in 79 CE when Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii under 23 feet of ash and debris. Over 2,000 people died in the disaster, many of whom were trapped inside their homes. For the first time, researchers have fully sequenced the DNA of a single victim. We now have a better understanding of the people who lived in Pompeii as a result of … [Read more...] about A Scientists Successfully Sequence the DNA of Man From the Pompeii Eruption for the First Time
The First New Blue Pigment in Almost 200 Years is Being Developed As a Crayon
Mas Subramanian, a chemist and professor at Oregon State University, was leading an electronics-related project in 2009 when he and a student made an exciting discovery: a new blue pigment. The brilliant color, known as YlnMn blue, is the first new blue in over 200 years and, as a result, the inspiration for the newest Crayola crayon. Crayola is interested in waxing this … [Read more...] about The First New Blue Pigment in Almost 200 Years is Being Developed As a Crayon
Chinese Scientists Have Cloned an Arctic Wolf For The First Time Ever
After decades of trials, a Chinese biotech company has succeeded in cloning an Arctic wolf for the first time. This is monumental in a variety of ways. To begin with, cloning even a small animal like the wolf is a significant step forward in STEM research. Second, the success of cloning an animal may indicate that other endangered animals will have a new lease on life. The … [Read more...] about Chinese Scientists Have Cloned an Arctic Wolf For The First Time Ever