Researchers have successfully reanimated the bodies of 46,000-year-old microscopic roundworms they found frozen 130 feet below the Siberian permafrost. Amazingly, the worms got to work right away, and ...

Russian scientists have revived a 24,000 year-old microscopic worm that had been frozen in Siberian permafrost, and now the creature is reproducing. What could go wrong? The creature — called a ...

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Sexual reproduction allows organisms to mix up their genes and develop new adaptations to survive a harsh and ever-changing environment. Under nutrient-rich conditions, the worm C. elegans is ...