Hopefully the web server will come back to life in less time than that Cached version at https://archive.is/b0WjK
I really enjoy this sort of sarcasm :D
Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life
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#12Wow I bet those worms are so confused. Imagine when they showed them smart phones! Probably like that movie Encino man (when do we get Encino man 2?)
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#13If we can do this, hey, interstellar travel!
It’s a great time to be a nematode
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#14Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life
#15Wow I bet those worms are so confused. Imagine when they showed them smart phones! Probably like that movie Encino man (when do we get Encino man 2?)
In 42K years, d00d :)
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#16Am I the only one thinking of demolition man right now?
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#17I thought the half life of DNA was around 400 years. Anyone know how this is possible?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS001249661803007... the affiliations list top Russian schools as well as Princeton.
Thanks. If anyone wants easy access using, uhhh, a friend, here is the DOI https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496618030079
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#19EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below. Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS001249661803007... the affiliations list top Russian schools as well as Princeton.
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#20 > Some 300 prehistoric worms were analysed - and two ‘were shown to contain viable nematodes’.
It's a tiny detail, but it's bugging me.