Old is new again. While scientists work on reviving woolly mammoths and making ancient plants flower, a group of French and Russian researchers have resurrected a 30,000-year-old virus pulled from Siberian permafrost. The virus infects amoebae and is not dangerous to humans, but the science raises questions about what else could be lurking under the ice. This marks the first time an ancient virus has been replicated.
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