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1 posted on 07/19/2013 1:28:41 PM PDT by neverdem

2 posted on 07/19/2013 1:33:19 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)

Meh. I saw a bunch of these at the beginning of promethius.

3 posted on 07/19/2013 1:36:08 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)

5 posted on 07/19/2013 1:40:52 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)

6 posted on 07/19/2013 1:42:51 PM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)

Fascinating stuff, even if I barely understand it.

7 posted on 07/19/2013 1:49:28 PM PDT by Standing Wolf

Waiting for the day we create something we cannot kill.

9 posted on 07/19/2013 1:53:37 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative

The organism was initially called NLF, for “new life form”.

How about BFV? (*Participants are limited to three guesses each* *void where prohibited by law*)

10 posted on 07/19/2013 1:54:32 PM PDT by Moltke (Sapere aude!)

To create a little context for this, on the tree of life, the very top level is “alive or not alive”, with of course, only life qualifying.

The very next level is called “domain”. For centuries now, there were only two domains: bacteria and “Eukarya”, or “everything alive that isn’t bacteria.

But then, not too long ago, biologists decided that there was a third domain. “Archaea”. They look like bacteria but aren’t bacteria, following a completely different evolutionary path. Originally they were called “extremophiles”, because they were found in extremely harsh environments, where even bacteria don’t live. They also eat things that bacteria don’t eat, like hydrogen gas.

And, surprise, they also live in the intestines of some people, and are important to good digestion.

To add a fourth domain so soon is a radical notion, and will take much debate. For example, why did bacteria and Eukarya evolve a lot, but Archaea and Pandoraviruses not evolve very much at all.

12 posted on 07/19/2013 2:09:15 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)

I don’t have a good feeling about this...

31 posted on 07/19/2013 4:14:24 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

41 posted on 07/28/2013 5:56:52 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)

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