this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Please keep them there. Do not let the bone viruses out of their prisons.

[–] disguy_ovahea 32 points 1 month ago

We may already have resistance to them, by sharing up to 2% of neanderthal DNA. Viruses can alter the host genetically, and those mutations are passed on to offspring. Ancient to current viruses make up to 8% of human DNA.

https://www.science.org/content/article/viral-fossils-our-dna-may-help-us-fight-infection

[–] andallthat 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We found very ancient human viruses! To the lab! Gotta see if we can use them to infect modern humans...

I know that research is generally for good, but why is it so hard to tell if a quote is from an actual researcher or a comics super-villain?

[–] Anticorp 9 points 1 month ago

The two aren't always mutually exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coming to an antivaxxer near you!

[–] str82L 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hell of a cliff hanger for a paid article.

"Scientists find three ancient viruses. They think they can infect modern human cells with them." The end.

Wtf. Are they gonna accidentally murder humanity next? What happens after?! Are we gonna die!?

To be continued...

[–] devfuuu 1 points 1 month ago

Hopefully ^^

[–] Anticorp 12 points 1 month ago
[–] seven_phone 10 points 1 month ago

Do you want a zombie apocalypse? Because that's how you get a zombie apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

No, that was just Marjorie Taylor Greene. Easy mistake to make.

[–] yemmly 4 points 1 month ago

Release them! Release them! 👏👏👏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What they do to my boy Jason Momoa?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Look how they massacred my boy