“Zombie worm” frozen for 24,000 years, then began to reproduce
In the icy depths of Siberia, where time seems to stand still, scientists have found something that resembles a scene from science fiction, only it is completely real. A microscopic organism, frozen since the last ice age, not only survived but, after thawing, came back to life and began to reproduce, opening up completely new questions about the limits of life on Earth.