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Scientists recover genome from woolly rhino eaten by Ice Age wolf puppy - study
Researchers have extracted DNA and recovered the rhino's genome from a chunk of undigested meat from the stomach contents found in a wolf puppy's remains.
Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest
Scientists discover RNA molecules from a mammoth that went extinct 40,000 years ago
Near-infrared tech reveals stunning leopard tattoos on 2,300-year-old Siberian 'Ice Mummy'
At least 50 feared dead as Soviet-era passenger plane crashes in Russia's far east
The burning fuselage of the plane, which was from the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years old, was spotted on the ground by a helicopter, and rescue crews were rushing to the scene.
Claims to be Christ reincarnated: Russian 'Siberian Jesus' jailed
Investigative Committee stated that Sergei Torop and his aides caused serious mental and physical harm to followers, including 'moral harm' to 16 people.
Three people found alive after plane comes down in Siberian forest, Russia says
A search and rescue plane had been sent to locate the aircraft that was performing forestry aerial reconnaissance, Rosaviatsia said.
After 46,000 years, once thawed the worm extracted from Arctic permafrost resumed normal activity
The nematode, officially named Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, was discovered at a depth of 40 meters inside a fossilized burrow of Arctic squirrels.
The Magnetic North Pole is moving closer to Russia? Scientists puzzled
The magnetic North Pole is the direction that a compass needle points, and it is not a fixed location; it changes due to magnetic activity beneath the Earth's crust.
Naomi Oren: A journey from Siberia to Israel
The current war has done nothing to diminish Naomi’s love for Israel. “If anything, it has made me more patriotic,” she says. “This is my home, and I am here for better and for worse.
'The History of Birobidzhan': The Jewish land on the Russia-China border - review
The history of Brobidzhan, a town established in the Soviet Union almost 100 years ago, reminds us of the many other ideological rivals to a Hebrew republic in the Land of Israel.
Scientists revive prehistoric worm that laid dormant for 46,000 years
The ancient nematode survived for 46,000 years in the permafrost by entering a state of cryptobiosis.
Scientists discover ancient ‘zombie’ viruses in Siberian permafrost
Due to climate change, thawing permafrost is releasing once-frozen ancient organic matter into the modern ecosystem.
Russia targets ethnics minorities, protestors for forced conscription
The presence of non-ethnic Russian battalions in the Ukrainian theatre of war has been noted since the beginning of the war, with Far East communities suffering disproportionate losses.
Why Arctic wildfires are releasing more carbon than ever
More than 3 million acres had burned across the state – roughly triple what’s seen in an average year, but no longer unusual in a warming world.
