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'Zombie virus' frozen under ice for 48,000 years revived by scientists

Jean-Michel Claverie, a French scientist has raised concerns about a 'zombie virus' that spent over 48,000 years frozen in permafrost, Siberia. He has been studying the viruses to understand the potential risks they pose

Daily Mirror

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Frozen 48,500-year-old ‘zombie’ virus revived

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost in Siberia.

Evening Standard

Extreme wildfires are turning the world's largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth of the world’s land but hold one-third of the land’s carbon, stored mainly in organic-rich soils and in trees. Now, a new study in the journal Science provides further evidence…

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5 dead in apartment building fire in Novosibirsk, Russia

Authorities say a gas explosion in an apartment building in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has killed at least five people including a 2-year-old child

The Independent UK

At least 12 dead after gas explosion hits Russian housing block - Tass

At least 12 people were killed on Thursday in a gas explosion in a housing block in the city of Novosibirsk in Siberia, Tass news agency said, in Russia's second fatal gas explosion in three days.

Reuters

Inside world's coldest city where locals jump into river as temperatures drop to -62C

A video shared on Twitter showed residents in Yakutsk, Russia, plunging themselves into the ice cold waters of the Lena River to mark the Orthodox Epiphany

Daily Mirror

Furious camel bites and tramples man to death after lashing out at kid's holiday camp

The man, who worked at a holiday camp in Siberia in Russia had apparently struck the two-humped camel in the face before it retaliated, biting and trampling the 51-year-old to death.

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This Is What Americans Were Doing 7,500 Years Ago

We describe a previously unknown hunter-gatherer population & what Americans were doing 7,500 years ago appeared first on Talker.

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Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' is the first Hindi film to be shot at the frozen lake Baikal in Siberia: Report

Siddharth Anand's upcoming film, 'Pathaan', starring Shah Rukh Khan is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of the year. The much-awaited trailer was not only high on action and thrill, it also had some stunning visuals.

The Times of India

Scotland to be hit with snow tonight as temperatures set to plummet to bone-chilling -15C

The UK is likely to turn colder than Siberia as a 500-mile-wide weather front from Greenland brings a bone-chilling Blue Monday.

Daily Record

Snow expected TONIGHT as Britain turns colder than Siberia for bone-chilling Blue Monday

The incoming icy blast has threatened to dump up to six inches of snow in parts of the UK as Brits brace for the return of the Troll from Trondheim - and it's set to be colder than Siberia

Daily Mirror

Weather tracker: record rain for California, -62C in Siberia

It’s been very wet in San Francisco and parts of New Zealand, while extreme cold has swept across Russia

The Guardian - UK

Ancient Siberian DNA upends our understanding of Native American migration

New evidence suggests that Native Americans may have traveled back to North Asia.

Inverse

Russian Christmas decorations include eerie ice sculptures of soldiers and 'Z' symbol

Officials in the Siberian city of Chita have erected a group of eerie ice sculptures of soldiers to encourage patriotism in the New Year as Vladimir Putin's war rages on

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Gazprom: gas supplied in full, bypassing damaged Russian export pipeline

A local unit of the Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday that gas was being supplied to customers in full via parallel pipelines following a fatal explosion in a section of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline.

Wales Online

Russia scientists' bid to revive prehistoric viruses is 'very, very risky', says expert

Experts fear the world could be hit by a fresh pandemic after scientists at a research centre in Siberia started work on prehistoric paleoviruses

Daily Mirror

Scientists concerned Russian lab working on ancient viruses 'could risk new pandemic'

A former Russian bioweapons lab located deep in the Siberian wilderness is worrying the scientific community as teams of researchers extract deadly ancient viruses from a range of prehistoric animals

Daily Mirror

Disabled mum catches pneumonia in sub-zero temperatures as heartless yobs smash windows

Bobby-Jo Boyle feels like she is “living in Siberia" and has slammed Caledonia Housing Association for their failure to replace the windows in her home after they were smashed by yobs a month ago

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Russia's Angarsk oil refinery says fire extinguished, fuel production continues

A fire on Thursday that killed two people at Russia's Angarsk refinery, the biggest by output in east Siberia, has been extinguished, plant authorities said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Dead After Fire at Refinery in Russia’s Angarsk

Two people died and two others were injured after a massive fire and explosion at an oil refinery in Russia’s Angarsk in southeastern Siberia, the local governor Igor Kobzev said on Thursday. Kobzev said the fire, initially covering an area of 2,500 square meters belonging to Angarsk Petrochemical Company, was…

Daily Mirror

‘Gate to Hell’ opens in Russia with giant sinkhole spotted close to major ski resort

The huge collapse came at an iron-ore mine next to the popular Gesh ski resort in Siberia, Russia, with pictures showing a huge plume emerging from the crater as a house teeters on the edge

The Conversation

Pandoravirus: the melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs – how worried should we be?

Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of thousands of years.

Wales Online

Ancient Siberian 'Zombie virus' revived by scientists

However, expert warns that melting permafrost due to climate change could release other viruses we know nothing about

Evening Standard

What is the 50,000-year-old ‘Zombie Virus’ uncovered in Siberia?

There are now a number of ‘zombie viruses’ that have been revealed from the Siberian permafrost.

Daily Mirror

Zombie virus trapped in Siberian permafrost 50,000 years ago revived by scientists

Researchers delved deep underground into the permafrost in Siberia and discovered 13 prehistoric zombie viruses frozen in the ice

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