Scientists have revived worms that had been frozen for 42,000 years
The worms, known as nematodes or more commonly as roundworms, had been frozen for up to 42,000 years, since a time when much of the planet was covered in ice.
But they weren’t dead — just cryogenically preserved.
The researchers brought the worms back to a lab, where they slowly thawed them over several weeks.
- This is cool.
- We’re all going to die!
Let’s all hope that those worms are not also carrying a deadly pathogen that also survived the “long winter”.
Yes, we’re all doomed!