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Scientists have successfully extracted RNA from an extinct species for the first time. This was achieved in the thylacine, a species of carnivorous marsupial that roamed Australia until a century ago – and may again one day, if current plans bear fruit.
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OPEN Architecture has form for designing extraordinary buildings and this is set to continue with its Space Crystal. Likened to an extraterrestrial object by the firm, the museum and exhibition space will be defined by an unusual crystalline form.
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Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is set to receive an all-new extension courtesy of PAU. It will be defined by an eye-catching triangular building that will boost capacity at the site considerably and be topped by a green roof.
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ADAT Studio has revealed plans to create a new energy efficient and greenery filled science museum in Rome. Named the Science Forest, the building will feature galleries and exhibition areas arranged around an interior public park.
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Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann have enclosed a courtyard at the AKG Art Museum with an intricate glass canopy. Inspired by the area's weather patterns, the project is defined by a stunning vortex-like funnel.
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Renowned architect Renzo Piano's firm has completed a new energy efficient museum in Istanbul. The building responds to the waterfront site with an eye-catching aluminum and glass exterior that references the city's maritime history.
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Following the completion of its Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts just a few days ago, Studio Gang has now finished work on its American Museum of Natural History extension, which features an eye-catching sculpted rock-like form.
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Studio Gang's highly anticipated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts project has finally opened to the public, following a painstaking renovation and extension of the aging museum, including an interesting pleated roof that helps reduce its overall energy use.
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Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a huge development push to help turn the country into a tourism hotspot. As part of this effort, Heatherwick Studio is transforming a former desalination plant on the Jeddah waterfront into a one-of-a-kind museum.
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Commissioned to create a science fiction museum in China, Zaha Hadid Architects has produced a building that wouldn't look too out of place in a sci-fi movie itself and is conceived as an expanding nebula cloud with a star at its center.
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Famous video of a thylacine in captivity may not depict the last member of the species after all, according to new research. Australian scientists have rediscovered the preserved remains of a later thylacine in the collection of a museum in Tasmania.
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has undergone as many twists and turns as a Hollywood script since it was unveiled in 2014. Having missed its planned 2021 completion date, the ambitious project is now set for a 2025 opening.
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