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No Microbes In First Sample From Lake Vostok
ananyo writes "A first analysis of the ice that froze onto the drillbit used in last February's landmark drilling to a pristine Antarctic lake shows no native microbes came up with the lake water, according to Sergey Bulat of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (Russia). The very uppermost layer of Lake Vostock appears to be 'lifeless' so far, says Bulat, but that doesn't mean the rest of it is. Bulat and his colleagues counted the microbes present in the ice sample and checked their genetic makeup to figure out the phylotypes. They counted fewer than 10 microbes/ml — about the same magnitude they would expect to find in the background in their clean room."
...will now buy the lake, for its water to serve as the main and sole ingredient in its "Cool Water" perfume.
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
Humans are involved, so something EVIL must be going on! I refuse to believe they aren't raping some delicate ecosystem and I demand full civil rights be afforded ANY microbe adversely affected by this sinister activity! And now, if you please, I need to finish watching FernGully for the 4th time today followed by reruns of Captain Planet.
they should be piping this water out for the high end bottled water market
"No Microbes In First Sample From Lake Vostok" is of course then the ultimate marketing tool
$9.99 for a 32 oz frosted white glass bottle with images of a pristine Antarctic mountain range.
Hire me Coca Cola!
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Did they find water on Antarctica?
I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
I for one welcome our continued dominance of Earth.
Kind thoughts do not change the world