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A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
Insider ^ | July 28, 2023 | Rebecca Cohen and Jenny McGrath

Posted on 07/29/2023 4:35:11 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

Scientists discovered a female microscopic roundworm that has been stuck deep in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years, The Washington Post reported. When they revived it, the worm started having babies via a process called parthenogenesis, which doesn't require a mate.

According to a press release, the worm spent thousands of years in a type of dormancy called cryptobiosis. In that state, which can last almost indefinitely, all metabolic processes pause, including "reproduction, development, and repair," the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reported.

In a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Genetics, scientists reported that after sequencing the worm's genome, scientists said it belonged to an "undescribed species."

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TOPICS: Science; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; cryptobiology; dormantlife; godsgravesglyphs; permafrost; ringworm; siberia; worm
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To: Macho MAGA Man

So, how is the happy mom? How many boys and how many girls?


21 posted on 07/29/2023 5:03:28 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
We are so screwd.


22 posted on 07/29/2023 5:05:48 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: PLMerite

Just cause we can, doesn’t mean we should.


23 posted on 07/29/2023 5:10:53 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Macho MAGA Man

As Dana Loesch said the other day: “This is horror movies begin.”


24 posted on 07/29/2023 5:12:29 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: EEGator

The Thing has a remake of a remake.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121 1951
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787 1982
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372 2011


25 posted on 07/29/2023 5:15:34 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This is the worm that killed the dinosaurs.


26 posted on 07/29/2023 5:17:00 PM PDT by Revel
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To: escapefromboston

This is something we did not need.


27 posted on 07/29/2023 5:28:16 PM PDT by job
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To: dynachrome

Mongolian Death Worms are a thing—not that big though—maybe five foot? I tried to get abhold of one for our small little traveling sideshow—I failed, but did get an atomic worm from the sands of New Mexico...creepy things...And then there are the Malambos out of South Africa—river creatures that will drag a human down—and an occasional hippo...I had a baby Malambo on display for a while...Kept it in some vile smelling liquid...if finally went putrid and wasn’t much to show...

Best two exhibits though was a finger in a box and a two headed sock monkey. Go figure...Mermaids, Chupacabras and folks loved the two headed sock moneky...


28 posted on 07/29/2023 5:29:28 PM PDT by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

What can go wrong?


29 posted on 07/29/2023 5:29:49 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Macho MAGA Man
46,000 years? How do they know that?

Carbon-14 dating? No way to know if the decay rate is/has been constant (it's an assumption).

And we know there are things that slow the passage of time, like massive gravitational fields, for one. Are there others? Are we certain?

We are not even sure of the speed of light - we measure the time it takes to travel a measured distance and back, then divide by 2. But there is no way to know if its speed is the same both ways.

30 posted on 07/29/2023 5:38:05 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: bwest

“What can go wrong?”

Put’em out back in the compost tumbler.
Let’s see what they got.


31 posted on 07/29/2023 5:38:44 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Humanity insists on bringing about its own destruction.


32 posted on 07/29/2023 5:39:33 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: fretzer

I only know the Kurt Russell one.


33 posted on 07/29/2023 5:45:58 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: abigkahuna

34 posted on 07/29/2023 5:47:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Psalm 73

“ 46,000 years? How do they know that?”

Because they are “scientists,” and everyone knows that scientists are infallible. Kind of like God Himself. 🙄🙄🙄


35 posted on 07/29/2023 5:54:18 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Great. They brought back a dead species of round worm. I’m so happy.


36 posted on 07/29/2023 5:54:28 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Dammit, you beat me to it. I didn't even read your post before I started searching for, "The Thing"...









37 posted on 07/29/2023 6:05:28 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: abigkahuna

A two headed sock monkey = a fabric Sock with two Monkey Doll heads sewn on..right?

I guess your group had already outgrown the standard hairy Tarantulas. Old Hat.


38 posted on 07/29/2023 6:06:36 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Macho MAGA Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilla%27s_Sense_of_Snow_(film)

“Smilla’s father shows her medical x-rays from the report, which reveal that a type of lethal, prehistoric “Arctic worm,” long thought to be extinct, apparently was the cause of the “accidental” deaths of mine workers. When the worm entered individual’s bodies and attacked organs, it caused toxic shock and death.”

Artic prehistoric worm threads actually show up fairly regularly.

Freegards


39 posted on 07/29/2023 6:07:27 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Psalm 73

Radioactive decay is independent of temperature and gravity. Here is a recent review of the research in this area:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804317303822

On the other hand, we know that the speed of light is variable. It is affected by gravity and density. It is slower in water than in air, and faster in outer space.


40 posted on 07/29/2023 6:14:23 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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