VICEさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VICEInstagram)「Babe wake up, you're a 46,000 year old worm. That's the news scientists broke last week to one little nematode, who managed to stretch its life expectancy by tens of thousands of years by freezing in Siberian permafrost. For context: the Pyramids of Giza were built 40,000 years after this very, very ancient worm set down to sleep. The results of the great worm wake-up, which were published in the journal PLOS genetics, suggest cryptobiosis can last for longer than previously thought. "It's just amazing that life can start again after such a long time, in the stage between life and death," said the study's co-author, Phillip Schiffer. During this period the worm, which is a previously unknown species of nematode, survived its super-long stint being dormant without eating or having a metabolism. It just was: frozen and there. "The major take-home message or summary of this discovery is that it is, in principle, possible to stop life for more or less an indefinite time and then restart it," co-author Teymuras Kurzchalia told The New York Times. Scientists believe that studying the worm's ability to survive extreme weather may provide insights into evolutionary processes.」8月2日 1時00分