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.
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.
Aug 1st, 2008 · The United Nations is relaxing its "dress protocols" this summer, encouraging staff to get out of their formal wool suits. U.N. headquarters says it could save $100,000 by re-setting thermostats to a warm 77 degrees during New York's sweltering month of August.
Feb 21st, 2007 · Major League Baseball's opening day is just weeks away, and there is a uniform change in the works. It's nothing major, but players will be wearing a new type of cap. Gone will be the traditional old wool cap -- in its place, a polyester blend, aimed at keeping sweat off the brows and out of the eyes of players.
Feb 17th, 2006 · In Pennsylvania, hunters are pushing for a return to an ancient way of killing their prey. Recently, the state's game commission gave preliminary approval to a deer-hunting season for the atlatl -- a prehistoric weapon once used to bring down woolly mammoths.
Dec 23rd, 2005 · Two papers published this week take a look at the genetic makeup of the woolly mammoth: one published in the journal Nature, the other in the journal Science. The two groups take different approaches to examining the genetic material of the ice-age mammal.
Jul 4th, 2005 · Shorts and swimsuits are typical American fashion for Independence Day. But Ralph Archbold, a Ben Franklin impersonator in Philadelphia, spends the day wearing heavy wool, just as the Founding Fathers would have in 1776. He shares his thoughts about what it must have been like for them to sweat through the birth of the country.
Apr 8th, 2005 · NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Bruce Lander about the recent discovery of a giant Woolly Mammoth skeleton in a suburb of Los Angeles. Lander is a partner in Paleo Environmental Associates, and his firm has been called in to start excavating the site.