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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
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
How long have you been waiting for someone to mention Fern Gully on Slashdot?
so something EVIL must be going on!
Yeah, I think the right question is: what lurks there under the sleeping waters of lake Vostok that ate EVEN the microbes?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtag'n!