Farmers in Tasmania separate a sawed tree trunk and, amazingly, find a possum burrowed into one of the pieces with its grazed bum sticking out. They then try to help get the very still (probably terrified) and extremely lucky possum out of the stump, gently using a stick to lift it. The possum suddenly springs into action and runs off like its life depended on it.
Watch: Farmers discover lucky possum that was nearly sawed in two
For the first time ever, scientists finally crack the code for editing marsupial genes
The MIT Technology Review reports that a team of scientists at the Riken Institute in Japan have made history by successfully bio-engineering albino possums, using CRISPR. This seems like a strange accomplishment, but as the magazine explains: CRISPR has been used to modify the genes of tomatoes, humans, and just about everything in between. Because… READ THE REST
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If you're a fan of The Dude, you already know that a rug can really tie a room together. Well, you can certainly argue the same out of a quality lamp. While the rug does its work at ground level, a lamp casts its glow in a full 360-degree spread, maintaining just the tone and… READ THE REST
