Scientists wake up 100-year-old bacteria

Can they wake up our congress?

They are so preoccupied whether they could, they never stop to think if they should!

Matthew, Bubonic plague still exists today.

A lot of posters here in a panic because someone is looking at a 114 year old sample of a bacteria that still lives in our stomachs. Horrifying! Armageddon, fer sure! Don't these scientist watch science fiction movies?

100 years ago, every injury led to gangrene.

Stupid article! The title says "Scientists wake up 100-year-old bacteria" then the dope who wrote it goes on to say "If the bacteria are still viable, they should start growing within the next 24 hours in the scientists' controlled environment." If they haven't started growing it's pretty obvious they haven't "woken up" eh? Another in a long list of reasons why people should not get their science news from media hacks and talking heads. People with a Master's Degree in Journalism know squat about the sciences, especially the natural sciences.

Scientists are intelligent. THEY ARE NOT SMART!

PANDORA'S BOX

OK, you can go back to sleep now.

uh huh...and on the world was loosed the zombie plague,with ni know cure except for a bullet in the brain or severing the head from the body and burying the head after stomping it into pulp,being mindful of the teeth..

Isn't this how Resident Evil started?

OK, and this benefits us by, what? Releasing a very dangerous microbe?!

and everything was great until a tornado, earthquake, plane etc. hit the building and the bacteria was released and killed the entire human race. Who would have thought that might happen?

but the earth is 6000 years old, lol

I don't feel so good after reading this.

"If all goes well, Dr. Blaser and his team will be able to learn a great deal about the way bacteria evolve, and the effects of our modern reliance on anti-bacterial substances on their growth and evolution."

That's great, but what if all doesn't go well?

There was a Farside cartoon in which an assistant was found melted on the floor. As the other assistants looked on in horror, the head scientist said" Egad, find out what (------) has been working on. Gary Larson, we need you to get back into cartooning.

wake up sleepyhead

There's likely so many ways these bacteria survive on this planet and in space. Their ability to adapt and evolve by comparison exceeds our own. These are quite possibly our ancient ancestors too.

Its the T-Virus!