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Scientists discovered the "fingerprints" of mysterious viruses hidden in an ancient group of microbes that may have helped fuel the rise of all complex life on Earth: from fungi to plants to humans.  These microbes – known as Asgard archaea after the abode of the gods in Norse mythology – lurk in the frigid sediments deep in the ocean and in boiling hot springs, and existed on Earth prior to the first eukaryotic cells, which carry their DNA inside a nucleus.By infecting Asgard archaea, viruses may have influenced how…

Game pieces found in Ukraine. Credit: Natalia Khamaiko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. …

Next month Image Comics will release Beware the Eye of Odin #1, the new series from writer Doug Wagner, artist Tim Odland, colorist Michelle Madsen, and letterer Ed Dukeshire. The series follows a young Viking prince and his compatriots on a quest to return the lost eye of Odin to its rightful owner. Beware the Eye of Odin is the first collaboration for Wagner and Odland, and the latest Image Comics series from Wagner, whose other credits with the publisher include Plastic, Vinyl, and The Ride. The Beat chatted with…