Zombie Worms from the Permafrost

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Scientists in Russia have thawed worms trapped in the Siberian Permafrost 46,000 years ago and found that the creatures returned to normal activity. Could their ability to survive in a state of suspended animation offer clues for humans to survive extreme, inhospitable conditions? Anthony and Jeff talk about what the permafrost gives and what it could take away from the future of humanity.

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0:00.0	If you give me enough money to live, I will simply go away and you will never have to
0:18.4	hear from me again.
0:19.4	This is We Have Concerned.
0:22.8	Hi, Jeff Kanata.
0:23.8	Hi, Anthony Carpani.
0:25.4	Hello, Concerned citizens.
0:28.1	We've talked about the permafrost a bit before, Jeff.
0:31.9	Yes.
0:32.9	We've mentioned the permafrost.
0:35.2	You can get it at a 6th level.
0:37.9	I usually wait until 7th level to get it, but that's just because I want to make sure my
0:44.0	manifold is big enough that I don't use it over and over.
0:48.9	I don't want to have manna problems.
0:51.2	Exactly.
0:52.2	You want to be able to cast it multiple levels and multiple situations.
0:55.6	Because it's a, I mean, listen, if I was going to, if I was going to, if I was going
1:01.7	to prep my spells for the day, I would probably, you know, try to get, like, permit disintegration
1:09.7	or permacickness, you know, because I think that's more applicable in more situations.
1:15.4	Yeah, yeah, but you know, if you're going up against, like, firetypes, you definitely
1:19.2	want permafrost.
1:20.2	Yeah, yeah.
1:21.2	Exactly.
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