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Isaac Schultz
isaacschultz
Science writer at Gizmodo, previously of Atlas Obscura. A native New Yorker. Mostly covering ancient things (on Earth and beyond) and masses extremely big or incredibly small.

My open tabs probably didn’t help matters, but my MacBook Air was whirring like it was trying to take off. Read more

Definitely not right, now corrected. Apologies (for the error, but also that headline!) Read more

Yeah, I get this. I just think the product already is sellable! No need to get into this mammoth snafu—just do some gimmicky promo with a meat you already had the ability to make (and preferably one that’s actually edible.) Read more

They look pretty much the same to the naked guy as the clothed guy. Read more

For the record, this does not mean I want the comments ruminating on the taste of mammoth meat/dino steaks/megafauna bbq to stop. Read more

Haha...(laughs nervously, in an attempt to mimic the laughter exhibited by the predominant primate species on Earth.) Read more

Yes, by A.I. (An Isaac.) Just nixed that second Leipzig reference. the Planck affiliation I chose to spell out because there are so many Max Planck institutes of various disciplines. Read more

The decomposed composer is, uh, rolling over in his grave hearing this. Read more

I appreciate the note! Wrote about lonsdaleite a little while ago. Should’ve mentioned it. https://gizmodo.com/hexagonal-diamonds-lonsdaleite-meteorites-1849524782 Read more

Setting up a push alert for “giraffe genitalia” so I don’t let you down like this again. Read more

Some scientists definitely feel this way: That selling the idea of de-extinction is a good way of getting funding for genetic research of animals that need conservation now, like elephants and marsupials like quolls, which otherwise wouldn’t get a second glance because ordinary conservation may not be as exciting to Read more

I think many of the firms investing may be less interested in purported conservation benefits and more interested in the applications of bioengineering and genetic engineering advances made in the process of “de-extinction.” Read more