A New Virus Is Coming Out of the Ice

Scientists have revived a zombie virus that's been 48,500 years frozen in permafrost. Warm up temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the regions permafrost with a layer of soil within the ground. Potentially stirring viruses after lying dormant for 10 to 1000 years can endanger animal and human health. NASA tracks a newly discovered asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2046.

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