Scientists Revive a Giant 30,000 Year Old Virus From Ice 121
bmahersciwriter writes "It might be terrifying if we were amoebae. Instead, it's just fascinating. The virus, found in a hunk of Siberian ice, is huge, but also loosely packaged, which is strange says evolutionary biologist Jean-Michel Claverie: 'We thought it was a property of viruses that they pack DNA extremely tightly into the smallest particle possible, but this guy is 150 times less compacted than any bacteriophage [viruses that infect bacteria]. We don't understand anything anymore!'"
Welp (Score:3, Funny)
Pray or Prey? (Score:5, Funny)
30,000 year old nope (Score:5, Funny)
Revive a 30,000 year old virus, they said. It'll be fun they said.
Re:30,000 year old nope (Score:5, Funny)
in prehistoric Russia (Score:5, Funny)
the virus catches you
lol (Score:5, Funny)
"We don't understand anything anymore!" says the guy reviving a 30,000 year-old virus. sheesh.
Re:30,000 year old nope (Score:4, Funny)
What could possibly go wrong?
Hey, are my eyes supposed to be going black?
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
So no one who commented even bothered to read the SUMMARY? Is the internet full of fruit flies? THIS VIRUS CANNOT ATTACK MAMMALS, IT GOES FOR AMOEBAE YOU ILLITERATE ADHD PATIENTS!
Then how come we haven't heard from the researchers for the past couple of weeks?
Re:Welp (Score:2, Funny)
Humanity is like a big baby left unsupervised, licking, poking, touching everything, because it can. Sooner or later, the fork ends up in the toaster or it drinks the dish washing liquid.