International experts have carried out a training scenario guarding against a threat of what they believe could be the source of next pandemic — frozen ancient animals. Dubbed Exercise Polaris ...

Scientists have warned that melting ice at the North Pole could unleash 'zombie' viruses with the potential ... scientists successfully revived an amoeba virus that had been frozen for 48,500 ...

Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus they say spent nearly 50,000 years frozen in permafrost, part of a new batch of research that identifies several newly discovered viruses that have been ...

While the scenario and the virus were completely fictitious, scientists warn the threat of 'zombie viruses' emerging from permafrost thawing due to climate change is very real. Experts have ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

The scientists found one virus that they estimated had been stranded ... new danger from a warming planet: what they called “zombie” viruses. The same team of French, Russian and German ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen, after nearly 50,000 ...