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Breakthrough Gives 3-D Vision of Dawn of Life

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-looking-at-really-old-black-and-whites dept.

butterwise writes "MSNBC reports that a new scanning technique could revolutionize paleontology. The new technique is allowing researchers a virtual dissection of half-billion-year-old fossilized embryos." From the article: "The Chinese, Swedish, Swiss and British researchers on Donoghue's team used a 1,640-foot-wide (500-meter-wide) particle accelerator in Switzerland to scan the minute fossils, and then fed the information into a computer that generated complete 3-D images of the internal structures in fine detail."

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  1. Did anyone else doublecheck the URL by Anti_Climax · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...When they read the photo summary that mentioned the "Penis Worm"?

    That'll teach me to RTFA.

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    1. Re:Did anyone else doublecheck the URL by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or how about the quote halfway down?

      "The results are truly orgasmic," Donoghue said.

      What do you know, I get the same results from my penis worm.

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  2. Here's a phrase you'll never again see on MSNBC. by !ramirez · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article...

    "The results are truly orgasmic," Donoghue said.

    The whole embryo thing makes that funny on so many levels.