The Weather Channel Published: Mar 15, 2013, 10:01 AM EDT

Stewart Brand, one of the founders behind de-extinction, poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

What if you found out that using the DNA in museum specimens and fossils 200,000 years old could bring species back?"  

That was the question Stewart Brand, a founder of the idea of de-extinction, posed at a TED talk in February 2013.

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Reuters.com - 3/12/13, Deborah Zabarenko

(Reuters) - Washington is used to being the brunt of jokes, particularly those centered around the action, or lack of it, on Capitol Hill.

But on Tuesday, the focus moved to the Adams Morgan neighborhood, where some saw a symbol of Washington - a gaping sinkhole in the middle of a bustling sidewalk.

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Etna Volcano. Lava fountains during lst night's paroxysm.
 

Etna volcano current activity: new paroxysms from New SE crater

Volcanoes Today, 16 Mar 2013: Colima, Dukono, Reventador, Tungurahua, Ambrym, Galeras, Nevado del Ruiz, Sacabaya

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Map of the 5.1 mag quake south of Panama

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March 15

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Map of the 5.6 mag quake in KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA

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March 14