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Medieval Manuscripts Contain Viral Remnants
Researchers have discovered genetic traces of the sheeppox virus in medieval manuscripts, suggesting these ancient documents could be biological time capsules.
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Ars Technica
A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.
2026-09-04 17:18 UTC
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Ars Technica
Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.
2026-09-04 19:01 UTC