[JoeProBono]

This electron micrograph shows cells of the recently revived bacteria, Herminiimonas glaciei.

[SIDENET]

After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken.

And now, it's going to kill us all.

This is how the Zombie Apocalypse starts.

[Covenantor]

“We don’t know what state they were in,” said study team member Jean Brenchley of Pennsylvania State University. “They could’ve been dormant, or they could’ve been slowly metabolizing, but we don’t know for sure.”

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What’s That?

I dunno. Microbes or really, really, really tiny Skittles maybe?

Huh

Hmmm? Maybe we should just incubate them and see what happens.

So being cautious scientists they incubated the little bastards.

Holy Andromeda Strain Batman! Looks like Captain Trips

[DemforBush]

"After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice...a tiny microbe has awoken."

Didn't The Thing start like this too?

[freedomlover]

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

Helen's brain finally had a synapse fire?

[SunkenCiv]

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