Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.
  • mesamuneEnglish
    102•2 months ago

    Hopefully it gets peer reviewed soon. It’s interesting but I would like to see it reproduced before we say it was discovered.

    In a study that has yet to be peer reviewed

      • OrbituaryEnglish
        38•2 months ago

        It’s not a virus, and I think that @[email protected] was saying that they’d like the study reproduced, not the Obelisks.

        • @[email protected]English
          45•2 months ago

          I know that my comment deserved an “/s” since I was playing off of unclear pronouns and the article’s use of “virus-like,” but I felt that admitting that I was in on the joke undermined the humor. I stand by my choice and accept my downvotes for the chuckles.

          • OrbituaryEnglish
            -9•2 months ago

            That was a joke?

              • OrbituaryEnglish
                18•2 months ago

                You took your shot at subtle, fartographer. It didn’t pass muster as much as gas.

                • @[email protected]English
                  14•2 months ago

                  “It didn’t pass muster as much as gas” is now my favorite phrase of the week. I’m stealing that to throw in everyone’s faces and act all smug and sophisticated when I say it.

      • @[email protected]English
        12•2 months ago

        Because they’re not a virus. And they’re a new discovery, we don’t know how they reproduce.

    • @[email protected]English
      21•2 months ago

      This article is from January. It has since been peer reviewed and published in Cell. But, having been peer reviewed has no bearing on reproducibility unless within this study they were to have multiple independent groups repeat their experiments. Which I don’t think they did. Still, good study I think.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•2 months ago

      I’m a peer. I pee at least 6 times a day; more if I’d had a lot of water that day. Can I review it?

      • @[email protected]English
        9•2 months ago

        As a for-profit company that publishes scientific papers FOR MONEY, youre a perfect fit for our org. Welcome aboard!

  • Zier
    20•2 months ago

    It’s an alien invasion. And you all thought they would be Human sized. mwahahahaha

    • @RizzRustboltEnglish
      17•2 months ago

      I didn’t. I saw that episode of the X-files.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•2 months ago

      From what AI understood, yes. Scientists are not yet sure exactly what they are, and they have no apparent way to survive outside of a cell like viruses, but they also seem to be more complex than plasmids.