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Why This Company Grew 26 Live Chickens in 3D-Printed Artificial Eggs

Before you can resurrect an extinct bird, you need an egg that can incubate it.

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Remember Colossal Biosciences? They’re the company trying very hard to convince the public they’re basically the real-life version of John Hammond’s operation from Jurassic Park. To be fair, there is legitimate science happening there. A lot of what Colossal sells as “de-extinction” is just branding, though.

Back in April 2025, headlines shouted that the company had brought back dire wolves. Wow! Dig into it even a little, and you’ll find out they aren’t really bringing back extinct animals, just genetically modifying currently existing ones to kind of sort of look like the extinct ones.

It’s genetically engineered cosplay. Still impressive, just not quite what they........

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