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'Worms From Hell' Unearth Possibilities For Extraterrestrial Life

Posted by Roblimo on from the it's-life-Jim-but-not-as-we-know-it dept.

An anonymously submitted article says, "For the first time, scientists have found complex, multi-celled creatures living a mile and more below the planet’s surface, raising new possibilities about the spread of life on Earth and potential subsurface life on other planets and moons (abstract). ... The research is likely to trigger scientific challenges and cause some controversy because it places far more complex life in an environment where researchers have generally held it should not, or even cannot, exist."

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  1. Challenge Accepted. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    As a Wikipedia frequenter, I take the broken link as proof that there is no evidence.

  2. It's not that inconceivable. by MMC+Monster · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not such a big deal. It's only a mile's commute to the nearest Starbucks.

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    Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
  3. Re:is it just me? by theonesandtwos · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was a feature. I mean no one RTFA's anyway right?

  4. Re:is it just me? by fractalspace · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tried on LCD monitor, then on CRT. Still doesn't work.

  5. Re:is it just me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So much for the theory that Linux users are always more sophisticated! - a Debian user