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Russians Find "New Bacteria" In Lake Vostok
tverbeek writes "Russian scientists believe they have found a new type of bacteria in the sub-glacial Lake Vostok. From the article: 'The samples obtained from the underground lake in May 2012 contained a bacteria which bore no resemblance to existing types, said Sergei Bulat of the genetics laboratory at the Saint Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics.
"After putting aside all possible elements of contamination, DNA was found that did not coincide with any of the well-known types in the global database," he said. "We are calling this life form unclassified and unidentified," he added.'"
this is bad, I just know it.
It's supposed to be completely automatic, but actually you have to press this button.
Anyways, let us see what happens to the crew before allow them to go home
If in two hundred years we still have the history channel then we have need for a zombie plague.
Make sure that nobody on the team that goes down there to further investigate is wearing a red shirt!
It's poetry in motion
She turned her tender eyes to me
As deep as any ocean
As sweet as any harmony
I'm not exactly sure if this invalidates your comment, but Uranus is not believed to have a distinct surface underneath its atmosphere. The most popular model suggests that it just gets denser and denser, culminating in a rapidly-spinning mantle-ocean of water, ammonia, and other gasses long before the actual rocky core.
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"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."
Table-ized A.I.
We are calling this life form unclassified and unidentified," he added.'"
shittiest name ever!
We are calling this life form unclassified and unidentified," he added.'"
shittiest name ever!
Could be worse. Could be 'Odo'.
"The future can only affect the present if there is room to write its influence off as a mistake." - Yakir Aharonov
other hobbies include: taking over a host organisms brain stem and seeking out anything that moves and doesn't smell dead. Ability to sustain motor control after death of cells.