Put this one in the “I missed it” file.

Colossal Biosciences and the University of Melbourne created the world’s first artificial womb for marsupials. You know, small, hairy mammals such as the koala and raccoons.

Why? Well, they’re trying to bring back the Tasmanian tiger. You heard me right. It’s an animal that’s been extinct since 1936.

Now, let’s pause to consider the strangeness of living in a time when we’re simultaneously driving species toward extinction and trying to bring one back from the dead.

It’s kind of inspiring. And unsettling.

And it makes me think of what Jeff Goldblum said in “Jurassic Park”: “They got so caught up in if they could that they forgot to ask if they should.”

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Scientists Grow Extinct Species In Artificial Womb To Halfway Through Pregnancy

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/biology/scientists-grow-extinct-species-in-artificial-womb-to-halfway-through-pregnancy/ar-AA1COzR0

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