Supernova radiation linked to virus evolution in Lake Tanganyika, Africa
A supernova explosion approximately 2.5 million years ago may have influenced viral evolution on Earth in Lake Tanganyika, Africa’s deepest lake.

A supernova explosion approximately 2.5 million years ago may have influenced viral evolution on Earth in Lake Tanganyika, Africa’s deepest lake.
Curtin University researchers have shown natural radioactivity within DNA can alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation.
The research, recently published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, for the first time