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3000-year-old Microbes

Posted by michael on from the stuff-you-found-at-the-back-of-your-refrigerator dept.

marga writes "Science Daily is running a story about a group of researchers the have been drilling into the Antarctic ice and discovered 3000-year-old microbes that could come back to life if put in contact with liquid water. And not only that, they claim that they have uncovered a whole new ecological system lying beneath the Lake Vida."

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  1. Re:Worried by Dannon · · Score: 4, Funny
    Nah, this is more like Gremlins. Three rules:

    1. Don't get them wet,
    2. Don't expose them to sunlight, and
    3. Don't ever let them eat after midnight!
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