Nov 19th, 2008 · The woolly mammoth is the first extinct mammal to have its DNA sequence deciphered. Scientists used hair that was found frozen in the Siberian permafrost, some for tens of thousands of years.
Oct 1st, 2008 · President Bush on Tuesday signed into law a mammoth spending bill to keep the government running until early March 2009. The measure includes a $25 billion loan package for troubled automakers. Marina Whitman, professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan, talks with Steve Inskeep about the loan package.
Sep 15th, 2008 · The woolly mammoths of the banking industry have been tumbling one by one. First, Bear Stearns, now Lehman Brothers. Still standing are Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. But for how long? Madeleine Brand talks to New York Times columnist Floyd Norris about what rules still apply on Wall Street.
May 12th, 2008 · Those softball-size tomatoes at the supermarket get their heft from a simple genetic mutation that creates extra compartments.
Mar 17th, 2008 · Nancy Fiddler is trying to get a mastodon out of her garage. It's the skeleton of a giant prehistoric animal, similar to an elephant, that turned up years ago on her family's property. Now she's trying to sell it on eBay for $115,000.
Sep 28th, 2007 · Just because an animal is dead and gone, doesn't mean its genes are lost forever. Scientist are reporting that they have been able to sequence the DNA of a wooly mammoth that died nearly 50,000 years ago. They got the DNA from a sample of the animal's hair.
Jun 20th, 2007 · Five years ago, the mammoth Women's Health Initiative startled women and their doctors with the finding that women who take menopausal hormone supplements have a higher risk of heart disease. Now, researchers from the same study say hormone therapy lowers the risk for some women.
Apr 27th, 2007 · A Wisconsin farmer is seeking a six-figure deal for bones belonging to a 12,000-year-old mammoth. Experts say the skeleton in John Hebior's basement is the best mammoth specimen ever found in North America.