While Peter Jackson is busy working on the new Lord of the Rings movie, The Hunt for Gollum, he’s also pursuing something very different indeed: the resurrection of extinct animals. In an exclusive interview with IGN, below, he tells us why.
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Category: 4. World
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Extinct Bird, New Zealand’s Moa, to Be Brought Back
On Tuesday, Colossal Biosciences announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa — a husky, wingless bird that could stand almost 12 feet tall — once booked it…
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Trump Says ‘No Extensions’ After August 1 Tariff Deadline
President Donald Trump vowed to push forward with his aggressive tariff regime in the coming days, stressing he would not offer additional extensions on country-specific levies set to now hit in early August while indicating he could announce…
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Italy outraged at killing of police bloodhound, found dead after eating food laced with nails
ROME (AP) — The horrific killing of a police bloodhound, who helped find nine people over the course of his sniffer-dog rescue career, has outraged Italians and sparked a criminal investigation to find…
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Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years
LONDON (AP) — The Bayeux Tapestry, the 11th-century artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in the U.K. for the first time in almost 1,000 years.
Officials said Tuesday that…
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over women's rights violations
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s supreme court, who have limited girls’ education and banned women’s voices from being heard in public.
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Post Office scandal had ‘disastrous’ impact on victims, report says
Tom Espiner and Esyllt CarrBusiness reporters
Reporting fromThe Oval, London
Getty ImagesThe Post Office Horizon IT scandal had a “disastrous” impact on those wrongly accused and prosecuted for criminal offences, the first report from the official…
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