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Interstellar Dust Could Be "Alive"

reezle writes "An international team has discovered that, under the right conditions, particles of inorganic dust can become organized into helical structures. These structures can interact with one another in ways that are usually associated with organic compounds and with life. Not only do these helical strands interact in a counterintuitive way in which like can attract like, but they also undergo changes that are normally associated with biological molecules, such as DNA and proteins, say the researchers. For example, they can divide to form two copies of the original structure. These new structures can also interact to induce changes in their neighbors. And they can even evolve into yet more structures as less stable ones break down, leaving behind only the fittest structures in the plasma. 'These complex, self-organized plasma structures exhibit all the necessary properties to qualify them as candidates for inorganic living matter,' said the lead researcher. 'They are autonomous, they reproduce and they evolve.'" The research, published in the New Journal of Physics, was carried out using a computer model of molecular dynamics.

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  1. StarCraft Reference by Travelsonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Simulated inorganic life .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I walked into the local bar/dance hall and seated myself. I was expecting to have a regular Friday night but the fates dealt me a new card that night. I was on my second round when a woman approached my table and asked if the extra chair had been taken. I replied that it wasn't and she proceeded to sit down. She had suicidal blonde hair and a voluptuous body. She wore a kneeskirt and fishnet stockings and to flatter her large breasts she wore a low cut halter top that revealed a lot of cleavage.Her eyes were the wildest shade of green I had ever seen in eyes, very light and almost florescent but not quite.

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    I proceeded to lie her down on the utility cart and instructed her to lift her her skirt. I heard her comply and I readied for the wildest fuck of my lifetime. I stepped forward and entered her little piece of paradise with full thrust. She screamed with pain as my fifteen inches stretched her out a bit, but after a few more strokes the screams of pain turned to screams of pleasure and xtc. As my dick pounded her cunt my hands found themselves fondling her big tits. After a while longer she began to get more excited and started to thrust into my cock enabling maximum penetration. On one particularly deep thrust I felt her vaginal walls clamp around my dick like a vice.

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  3. Jombeewoof, get off the Internet. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jombeewoof is a bastard who thinks the world owes him a living. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=267807&cid=202 07637 Jombeewoof tried to destroy an Internet Service Provider in Massachusetts by expecting large bandwidth without paying anything. Education alone doesn't pay the bills. Jombeewoof is not worth your mod points and is a MySpace loser. Jombeewoof, give up, get off the Internet. The TrollGoons won't leave you alone.

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