Monday, March 3, 2014

A Viral Jurassic Park

Ancient viruses are being resurrected from the permafrost in Siberia:

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-giant-virus-revived-20140302,0,4662287.story#axzz2uwB26mP1

How long until a lethal one is unearthed? Hopefully never, but maybe soon. And maybe it was viruses, and not a meteor, that killed the dinosaurs.

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