Word: extracted
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...wonders of eBay allowed the scientists to purchase a $130 bag of 20,000-year-old woolly-mammoth hair from a vendor in Moscow, and the wonders of science allowed them to extract the mammoth's genetic information in the most successful attempt to date to sequence an extinct animal's DNA. DNA in general breaks down after 60,000 years or so, making the possibility of a real Jurassic Park scenario - complete with flying pterodons and bloodthirsty tyrannosaurs - remote. Still, scientists see the completion of the genome as the first step to uncovering and understanding the reasons behind...
After years of conflicting studies on gingko biloba's benefits for memory loss, a definitive clinical trial finally concludes that the extract does not prevent brain decline...
...literature in digital form. Unfortunately, over 300 publishing companies did not agree; and their opposition found legal sanction in a 125 million dollar settlement, halting the scanning of material still under copyright. Harvard University, which has been cooperating with Google and four other libraries, decided to extract itself from the project as legal liabilities mounted. Going forward, the University will only allow Google to scan works that are no longer protected by copyright. While the protection of intellectual property would seem a compelling reason to stop Google, we feel that publishing companies need to be less obstructionist and more proactive...
...their race to broaden the high-end market, the giants are competing with tech-savvy upstarts like Tcho and Amano. Founded by former nasa software developer Timothy Childs, Tcho brews limited-edition "beta" bars superb enough to extract $5 for a few bites. Childs classifies batches with wine descriptors like fruity, nutty and floral...
...Cuban calculation really on the level? Skeptics ask if the 20-billion-bbl. estimate is just a ploy to rekindle investor interest, at a time when falling oil prices could make the maritime find less attractive to the potential international partners Cuba needs to extract the oil. The effort is all the more urgent, they add, because reduced oil revenues could also make friends like left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez less able to aid Cuba with cut-rate crude shipments and capital to improve the island's aged refineries. "The Cuba numbers from my point of view...