Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life
In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic worms that live in soil — that have been suspended in a deep freeze since the Pleistocene. Despite being frozen for tens of thousands of years, two species of these worms were successfully revived, scientists recently reported in a new study.
Their findings, published in the May 2018 issue of the journal Doklady Biological Sciences [DOI: 10.1134/S0012496618030079] [DX], represent the first evidence of multicellular organisms returning to life after a long-term slumber in Arctic permafrost, the researchers wrote.
Wikipedia entry on nematode.
Also at ScienceAlert, BGR, and Newsweek.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday July 31 2018, @06:02AM (3 children)
I Am Absolutely Serious.
While you may be happy to learn that the virus they thawed in a lab was not a human virus, I expect there are some human virii that are thawing on their own rather than in laboratories.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 4, Informative) by EETech1 on Tuesday July 31 2018, @06:58AM
And bacteria!
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/08/03/488400947/anthrax-outbreak-in-russia-thought-to-be-result-of-thawing-permafrost [npr.org]
(Score: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday July 31 2018, @01:19PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(The_X-Files) [wikipedia.org]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @02:09PM
Of all the SF to make an accurate prediction, it had to be The Talos Principle.