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USA TODAYA group of scientists discovered ancient viruses frozen in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China, and most of them are unlike anything ever seen before.The findings, published Wednesday in the , came from ice cores taken in 2015 that scientists said began to freeze at least 14,400 years ago.“These glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice," Zhi-Ping Zhong, lead author and researcher at the Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, . "The...…USA TODAYA group of scientists discovered ancient viruses frozen in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China, and most of them are unlike anything ever seen before.The findings, published Wednesday in the , came from ice cores taken in 2015 that scientists said began to freeze at least 14,400 years ago.“These glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice," Zhi-Ping Zhong, lead author and researcher at the Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, . "The...WW…