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Ancient Antarctic Bacteria Revived

Posted by michael on from the better-get-your-flu-shot dept.

Danny Rathjens writes "Frozen bacteria from Antarctica, estimated to be between five to eight million years old, were brought back to life simply by warming them up! NASA folks also participated since they think this can give them better clues on where to look for life on Mars."

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  1. Seeds of Doom by jvmatthe · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I've already seen this happen once. It wasn't pretty. Go read about it, already!. (Skip down to "story synopsis.)

    At least a couple of extras got turned into poorly made-up plant things and died horrible deaths. There were some goofy special effects and pithy lines from the Doctor. NASA better hope that's all that happens this time too.

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  2. Re:Sci-fi mumbojumbo by mwheeler01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh they were jokes, I didn't even think of that. Thank you captain obvious.

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