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Scientists dig up giant virus more than 30,000 years old in Siberia

by David Braybrooke
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Pithovirus has about 500 genes, dwarfing viruses like those that cause AIDS or influenza, which contain about 10 genes ..
Scientists dig up giant virus more than 30,000 years old in Siberia - CNN.com
  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Not a bad article until they threw the global warming fear monger bs into it. They've been finding bacteria live from a couple hundred thousand years back - and it wasn't frozen. It was preserved in something -- halite if I remember right. Then there's bubonic plague that gets unearthed now and again that's still alive after hundreds of years.
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    • Profile picture of the author David Braybrooke
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Not a bad article until they threw the global warming fear monger bs into it. They've been finding bacteria live from a couple hundred thousand years back - and it wasn't frozen. It was preserved in something -- halite if I remember right. Then there's bubonic plague that gets unearthed now and again that's still alive after hundreds of years.
      The atmosphere warms up. We all catch cold. And die! Just another day at CNN.
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    Cue in zombie apocalypse or alien invasion/
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