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Resurrection Ecology Brings Century-old Eggs To Life

sciencedaily.com — Cornell ecologist Nelson Hairston Jr. is a pioneer in a field known loosely as "resurrection ecology" in which researchers study the eggs that get buried in lake sediments and can remain viable for decades or even centuries. Suspending a life in time is a theme that normally finds itself in science fiction allows us a new method to study evolution.

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  • AmyVernon, on 07/19/2009, -0/+11Is it just me, or is this kinda sorta creepy?
  • orlyfactor, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4I wonder if Newman is working on this project...
  • philosophyzombi, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3It's not just you.
  • BoomShake007, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark…
  • Bodhinature, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Will they be able to bring back Thousand Year Eggs from China?
  • Eurynom0s, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Better hope they can do so before 2012...
  • 55Test55, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1scrambled eggs anyone?
  • danwgre, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Wow, what a weird looking chicken.
  • Auraness, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Haha wouldn't this make a great blockbuster one day? A story of resurrection technology used on extinct animals gone wrong? Maybe it could take place in a park...
  • samcobra13, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Better keep these guys away from Catholic relics.

    Soon they'll use Jesus's DNA to disprove creationist arguments against evolution.

    Then the universe will explode.
  • Bolinoak, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Does this remind anyone else of Pokemon? Or am I just geeking out?
  • Meocross, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1*waves SOS flag*
  • Meocross, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1ARE THEY TRYING TO REVIVE THE BLACK DEATH!?!?
  • worldgate989, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0So how long till they hatch some million year old dinosaur eggs and we all get pet velociraptors?

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