Russian Scientists Revive Plant From 30,000-Year-Old Seeds 162
An anonymous reader writes "It was an Ice Age squirrel's treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pioneering experiment that paves the way for the revival of other species. The Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant ever to be regenerated, the researchers said, and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds. ... 'The squirrels dug the frozen ground to build their burrows, which are about the size of a soccer ball, putting in hay first and then animal fur for a perfect storage chamber,' said Stanislav Gubin, one of the authors of the study, who spent years rummaging through the area for squirrel burrows. 'It's a natural cryobank.'"
That could be a market hit! (Score:5, Funny)
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In Soviet Russia ... (Score:2, Funny)
.. plant revives you!
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But these are aggressive living things that have no idea what century they're in, and they'll defend themselves, violently if necessary.
Great, just great. And now we've brought them into an era when handguns are cheap and readily available.
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just what I need (Score:5, Funny)
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Did you fail at math?
Obviously he went to high school in Texas. He probably did very well in math.
Re:Enough Problems Already... (Score:4, Funny)
Then again, it might just taste good mixed in a tossed salad.
I've heard that it improves the taste of beef synthesized from stem cells.
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"Well, what can I say? I guess I'm just a bad seed."
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I was thinking more of a sequel to Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Far more terrifying than the Rabbit of Caerbannog, it stalks its prey as it has since the dawn of time..."
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Re:Enough Problems Already... (Score:5, Funny)
My mistake, I missed a zero. Funny how many different numbers I see flying around for how old humans are, yet everyone's up in arms about a simple oversight.
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Re:Enough Problems Already... (Score:5, Funny)
Joan Rivers and some parts of Cher are even older than that.