Saturday, October 08, 2005

Bugs

Scientists have finished reconstructing the deadly influenza virus that killed as many as 50 million people worldwide in 1918. They were able to piece together enough segments of its DNA structure, which had been recovered from victims buried in the frozen tundra of Alaska, to gain a complete genetic profile of the killer bug.

And in what may be the most disturbing aspect of this accomplishment, scientists say that the "bird flu" which has been popping up in Asia recently is beginning to increasingly resemble its 1918 cousin as it mutates and evolves.

Wait.... It's EVOLVING!?!?!? How is that even possible!?!?!? I thought these damn things were the product of intelligent design, so how the hell can they be EVOLVING!?!?!?





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