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PopSci's Fourth Annual Brilliant 10
by Peter StemmlerPeter StemmlerMeet the extraordinary scientists whose innovations are bringing us robot cars, new cures and vaccines, the fastest-ever computer animations, and much, much more People...
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They Came from Underseas!
Grand Prismatic SpringArchaea was first discovered in the extreme enviros of hotsprings.NPSA massive amount of our planet's vegetation is a single species of bacteria-like organisms, new research...
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Tiny Naked Astronauts
We're Water Bears! We're Water Bears in Space!BMBF-project FUNCRYPTAThe first animal to survive the vacuum of space and the onslaught of the suns unfiltered rays In space, no one can hear a tardigrade...
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Life Thrives Below Antarctic Glacier
Blood Falls, AntarcticaPeter Rejcek, U.S. Antarctic ProgramIf microbes can survive without sunlight and oxygen on Earth, what does it mean for the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe? The...
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Could Violent Asteroid Bombardment Give Rise to New Life?
A new theory offers promise for the existence of extreme microbial life on other planets Nearly four billion years ago, the Earth was pummeled by asteroids -- some as large as the state of Kansas --...
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Newly Found Species of Bacteria Lives On Pure Caffeine
A Feast for BacteriaMmm, coffee.dyobmit via FlickrDiscovery could lead to new pharmaceuticals A newly described species of bacteria has joined the ranks of those of us who depend on caffeine for...
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Video: A Yeti Crab That Grows Its Bacterial Meals on Its Own Body
Kiwa puravidaShane Ahyong on Wikimedia CommonsA species of deep sea crab, named, as more things should be, after the Himalayan snow monster, grows its own food...on its body. The crab, part farmer and...
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Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still 'Barely Alive'
Opening the Sediment CoreHans Røy opens a sediment core. The mud in the opening of this core is from the last ice age 10,000 years ago. The mud sampled from the Knorr was from the time when dinosaurs...
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Thousands Of Species Found In Lake Vostok Ice
Surface of Lake VostokM. Studinger, LDEO via NASAIn one of the most isolated places on Earth, sealed off for 15 million years, life teems. Some of it may be animal life. A new study of Antarctica's...
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PopSci's Fourth Annual Brilliant 10
by Peter Stemmler Peter Stemmler View Photo GalleryPeople don't usually become scientists expecting fame, glory or to have a line of sneakers named after them. But we at Popular Science believe that...
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They Came from Underseas!
Grand Prismatic Spring Archaea was first discovered in the extreme enviros of hotsprings. NPS Ninety billion tons, nearly one-tenth of Earth's biomass, is made up of microbes living beneath the sea...
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Tiny Naked Astronauts
We're Water Bears! We're Water Bears in Space! BMBF-project FUNCRYPTAIn space, no one can hear a tardigrade scream. They can, however see the tiny organisms (also called water bears) survive a trip...
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Life Thrives Below Antarctic Glacier
Blood Falls, Antarctica Peter Rejcek, U.S. Antarctic Program The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are one of the last places on Earth you would expect to find a new living organism. With bitter cold...
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Could Violent Asteroid Bombardment Give Rise to New Life?
Nearly four billion years ago, the Earth was pummeled by asteroids -- some as large as the state of Kansas -- during an episode known as the "Late Heavy Bombardment." Now, scientists believe that...
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Newly Found Species of Bacteria Lives On Pure Caffeine
A Feast for Bacteria Mmm, coffee. dyobmit via Flickr A newly described species of bacteria has joined the ranks of those of us who depend on caffeine for survival. The little microbe, Pseudomonas...
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Video: A Yeti Crab That Grows Its Bacterial Meals on Its Own Body
Kiwa puravida Shane Ahyong on Wikimedia CommonsA species of deep sea crab, named, as more things should be, after the Himalayan snow monster, grows its own food...on its body. The crab, part farmer...
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Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still 'Barely Alive'
Opening the Sediment Core Hans Røy opens a sediment core. The mud in the opening of this core is from the last ice age 10,000 years ago. The mud sampled from the Knorr was from the time when dinosaurs...
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Thousands Of Species Found In Lake Vostok Ice
Surface of Lake Vostok M. Studinger, LDEO via NASA A new study of Antarctica's largest sealed lake has found it contains genetic material from thousands of species of bacteria, fungi and other...
View ArticleTiny Naked Astronauts
In space, no one can hear a tardigrade scream. They can, however see the tiny organisms (also called water bears) survive a trip through that icy, radiation filled void…
View ArticleLife Thrives Below Antarctic Glacier
The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are one of the last places on Earth you would expect to find a new living organism. With bitter cold temperatures and only about four…
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