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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. Re:Did anyone else doublecheck the URL by klaun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ~I am the King of the Echo People!~

    ~It's a hair supplement.~

    ~He was a good cat!~

  2. Re:3D dawn of life. by Alaria+Phrozen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not so sure. Can you actually imagine hours and hours of popping little food bubbles? I think the game will pretty much be over with once you get into space. Every 4X I've ever played gets boring once you've gotten all the tech.

    Also, I'm not sure if that Carebear demo was a joke or not (ie, possible within the game engine..) if it is, I'm sure I can make some pretty dirty-looking creations. Big breasted penises, anyone?