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Colossal Biosciences made its name with an eye-catching mandate: It wants to “bring back” extinct species, using DNA extracted from what remains of the direwolf, the woolly mammoth, the thylacine and rebuilding it via their modern relatives. But during a tour of its headquarters in Dallas, I had the chance to ask a question that’s been on my mind since the news broke: Why?
I don’t just mean, “Why do this?” — I wanted to know what benefit Colossal’s research could have for us here in the modern world. Bringing back the wooly mammoth sounds scientifically edifying, but what would we do with it once it’s here?
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