The CIA Wants to Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth
Mammoth skeletons at auction in 2017.Photo: Rob Stothard (Getty Images)A venture capital firm funded by the CIA has officially placed its bets on bringing back extinct species like the woolly mammoth and the thylacine, according to a public portfolio released this month and spotted by The Intercept.The company is called In-Q-Tel, and its mission (according to its website) is to invest in technologies that bolster the United States’ national security. In-Q-Tel is over 20 years old, but only now have its taxpayer dollars…