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Scientists clone wild horse for the first time using 40-year-old DNA samples

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For the first time scientists have successfully cloned a Przewalski’s horse, the world’s last remaining breed of truly wild horses. Named Kurt, the foal was born to a surrogate, a domestic mare, on August 6 at Timber Creek Veterinary in Canyon, Texas.   His sire, a Przewalski stallion named Kuporovic, had DNA samples taken and preserved … Read more

Security: Hackers can clone your key just by ‘listening’ to the noise it makes in the lock

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Recording the telltale sound your key makes when you insert it into its lock could allow eavesdropping hackers to clone your key, researchers have demonstrated. Built by experts from Singapore, the SpiKey software uses the clicks made as a lock’s pins pass over its key’s teeth into narrow down the possible key shapes for a … Read more