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Worms (MM #4521)

You rarely read news stories about worms. But they’ve been in the news as Russian scientists have revived a pair of worms frozen in permafrost for 46,000 years. The goal is to study these prehistoric worms to learn the effects of climate change. That may seem far-fetched, but the scientists are confident…

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Zombie Virus (MM #4271)

Since we lost a couple of years thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, stories about viral research make many of us nervous. Well, research out of France likely won’t make you feel better. Scientists are currently studying what they call a zombie virus. And the details of this project are bizarre…

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