A team of scientists is travelling to one of the most barren places in the world after a 50 to 80 metre-wide hole in the earth was discovered in the far north of Siberia in a place whose name means “the end of the world.” The giant hole in the tundra of the remote Yamal peninsula was discovered by helicopter pilots, who later posted their discovery on YouTube. The hole […]

Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team. ‘We must have a reason to clone, as it is one thing to do it for scientific purpose, and another – to clone for the sake of curiosity’. Picture: Nikolay Pschennikov, North-Eastern Federal Universtity  The experts believe they will be able to extract high quality DNA from the remains which have undergone a […]