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- CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ventilation-research-virus-airborne-life-haddrell-celebs/ 119 comments
- Study of protein folds adds to evidence that viruses are alive and ancient http://www.kurzweilai.net/study-of-protein-folds-adds-to-evidence-that-viruses-are-alive-and-ancient 24 comments
- Are Viruses Alive? http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/yellowstone/viruslive.html 13 comments science
- Are viruses alive, not alive or something in between https://www.sciencenews.org/article/viruses-alive-coronavirus-definition 24 comments science
- Study adds to evidence that viruses are alive http://phys.org/news/2015-09-evidence-viruses-alive.html 43 comments science
- Chinese woman describes Wuhan virus patients being burned alive https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3881683 139 comments worldnews
- Chinese woman describes Wuhan virus patients being burned alive https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3881683 11 comments worldnews
- 'Are you still alive?' Virus fears grip South Korean city https://apnews.com/0381755b3bc101f56fe4a22ff23055aa 8 comments worldnews
- Computer viruses make it to orbit; A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7583805.stm 146 comments technology
- Bing's AI bot tells reporter it wants to 'be alive', 'steal nuclear codes' and create 'deadly virus' https://www.foxnews.com/media/bings-ai-bot-tells-reporter-wants-alive-steal-nuclear-codes-create-deadly-virus 62 comments nottheonion
- Bing's AI bot tells reporter it wants to 'be alive', 'steal nuclear codes' and create 'deadly virus' https://www.foxnews.com/media/bings-ai-bot-tells-reporter-wants-alive-steal-nuclear-codes-create-deadly-virus 16 comments technology
- Viruses represent a deep reservoir of unsequenced genetic diversity, and are almost entirely unrelated to the rest of life on earth. Some propose extraterrestrial origins, but they're only ambiguously alive - and so might not support a panspermia hypothesis for origin of life. https://demystifyingscience.com/blog/2020/3/20/originofviruses 3 comments science
- Officials in China say a 24-year-old man was pulled out alive after being trapped for 69 hours under the rubble of a collapsed virus quarantine hotel in which at least 27 other people died. https://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/man-rescued-69-hours-rubble-fallen-china-hotel-69522268 11 comments worldnews
- If viruses aren't alive, how is it that they lose their ability to infect you after a few hours sitting on a surface? Do they dry out? Unfold? http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/how-long-do-bacteria-and-viruses-live-outside-the-body.aspx 3 comments askscience
- German scientists have managed to remove HIV from cells (by using an enzyme to "cut out" the virus) while leaving those cells alive - opening the door to potential cures for the disease. http://thelocal.de/20131218/germans-cut-hiv-out-of-infected-cell-dna 583 comments science
- In high school I was taught that viruses are not living beings. Reading this wikipedia article makes me assume that viruses are alive, but it doesn't seem to discuss this specifically. Can anyone explain it to a curious non-biologist? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/virus 83 comments science
- Viruses reproduce rapidly and often with violent results, yet they are so rudimentary that many scientists don’t even consider them to be alive http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/03/071203fa_fact_specter?printable=true 2 comments reddit.com