Forbes Lifestyle Arts Meet The Artists Working At The Intersection Of Art And Science − Forbes

Coming World By Koen Vanmechelen (photo by Eric Huybrechts CC BY-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

We live in an era where commercial flights to the moon are a real possibility, and evolutionary scientists at American company Colossal Biosciences are hoping to pluck the Dodo from extinction after extracting mitochondrial DNA from a 17th Century Dodo preserved by the Natural History Museum (a fascinating story that is told in The Hunt for the Oldest DNA, a documentary which premiered recently at the Science Museum)…

Cigarette Butts Are A Hidden Threat To California’s Horn Sharks – Forbes

Juvenile horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (by Erik Ogan CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia).

Marine debris continues to be a pressing environmental issue worldwide, particularly plastic waste, which often originates from land-based sources and can break down into microplastics. While many types of waste contribute to marine pollution, cigarette butts are the most commonly found form of plastic waste, and they pose unique threats to ocean ecosystems…