Scientists Recover Black Death RNA From Exhumed Victims 105
Richard.Tao writes "Scientists have recovered the RNA of the virus that caused the plague by digging through an English mass grave, and compiling [from several partial examples] the genetics of the virus. Though the plague still persists, scientists have believe the ancient strain was different due to a different onset of symptoms."
And the Black Death says: (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not dead yet!
Re:Rebuild the Plague? (Score:5, Funny)
The number of doomsayers will always be greater than zero, and sometimes you won't even have to go past first post.
For a "news for nerds" site, we sure seem to have a lot of technophobes.
Technophobes will be the doom of us all!!!!