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Anonymousabout 2 hours ago

Scientists have revived microscopic organisms — a bdelloid rotifer frozen for 24,000 years and a nematode worm dormant for 46,000 years — from Siberian permafrost, observing them resume normal biological function and reproduce. The discoveries have intensified research into cryptobiosis survival mechanisms, the implications for cryomedicine, and growing concerns about what accelerating permafrost thaw may release into modern ecosystems.