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Colossal Biosciences has achieved what many considered impossible just months ago: the successful birth of three dire wolves, marking the first time an extinct mammalian species has been brought back to life through genetic engineering. Now, the Dallas-based biotech company is expanding its de-extinction pipeline to include New Zealand's giant moa, a 12-foot-tall flightless bird that vanished 600 years ago. The transition from recreating ancient mammals to reviving extinct birds presents dramatically different technical challenges that highlight the evolving sophistication of de-extinction science. The dire wolf achievement, announced earlier this year, relied on ancient DNA extracted from a 13,000-year-old tooth and 72,000-year-old skull. Scientists used CRISPR gene-editing technology ...

When Michael Polk took the helm at Newell Brands in 2011, he inherited a company that was struggling to find its identity. What followed was an eight-year transformation that would serve as a masterclass in corporate reinvention, offering valuable lessons for business leaders facing similar challenges across industries. From Holding Company to Operating Powerhouse The transformation Michael Polk led at Newell Brands began with a fundamental reimagining of the company's structure and purpose. "Our goal at the beginning was to make the whole of Newell Rubbermaid greater than the sum of the parts," Polk explained. "Create an entity that could leverage the consumer facing portion of the portfolio, organize certain capabilities across the enterprise and extend our best brands multi-nation...