Episode 105: Rotifers on Ice

<p>This episode explores new research, which has successfully revived tiny 24,000-year-old microorganisms buried under Siberian permafrost.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/2131/rotifers-on-ice/'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00624-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982221006242%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#%20'>here</a>.   </p> <p>Read ‘The Librarian Decides on Cryonics’ by Judith Skillman <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=148&issue=5&page=14'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>