London, Jan 8 : A report in New Scientist has predicted ten extinct creatures that might be brought back to life.

On the assumption that necessary technology to re-create extinct life would soon be available, the selected ten animals are:

Sabre-toothed tiger: There are some spectacularly preserved sabre-toothed specimens from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles. There are also some permafrost-preserved specimens that might be a better source of DNA.

Washington, Jan 8 : A remarkable new discovery has shown the four-eyed spookfish to be the first vertebrate ever found to use mirrors, rather than lenses, to focus light in its eyes.

While the spook fish looks like it has four eyes, in fact it only has two, each of which is split into two connected parts. One half points upwards, giving the spookfish a view of the ocean - and potential food - above.

The other half, which looks like a bump on the side of the fish's head, points downwards into the abyss below.

According to the UK researchers, the effects of traumatic stress can be reduced by playing the computer puzzle game Tetris. The PLoS One journal reported that volunteers were exposed to distressing images, with some given the game to play 30 minutes later.

The scientist said that players had fewer flashbacks, may be because it helped disrupt the laying down of memories. But on the other hand, a different specialist said that no study could match the intensity of a real-life traumatic experience.

Washington, Jan 7 : Scientists have attributed the dark eclipsed moon and cold weather in 1761 to a mysterious volcanic eruption.

According to Dr. Kevin D. Pang, an independent research scientist, "A high altitude volcanic dust cloud that cuts off the sunlight illuminating an eclipsed Moon would also reduce the solar energy reaching the Earth's surface, thus causing a cold spell."

Dr. Pang recently learned that the May 18, 1761 totally eclipsed Moon appeared very dark or invisible to many observers worldwide.

Suspecting that this was also due to a very powerful volcanic eruption, he searched for evidence of a "volcanic winter" in Chinese weather chronicles, tree rings and polar ice cores.

London, Jan 7: A Chinese expedition is all set to build an inland research base at Dome Argus, or `Dome A', in Antarctica, 4,093 meters above sea level.
According to a report in Nature News, Kunlun, the station, which is scheduled to open on January 28, will gather data in fields ranging from global climate change to the origin of the Universe.
The 37 million dollars Kunlun will be China's third Antarctic station, joining the Great Wall station in the South Shetland Islands and the Zhongshan station in east Antarctica.