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Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice
foxnews ^
| Monday, June 15, 2009
| Jeanna Bryner
Posted on 06/16/2009 3:11:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono
After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken. The long-lasting bacteria may hold clues to what life forms might exist on other planets. The new bacteria species was found nearly 2 miles (3 km) beneath a Greenland glacier, where temperatures can dip well below freezing, pressure soars, and food and oxygen are scarce. "We don't know what state they were in," said study team member Jean Brenchley of Pennsylvania State University. "They could've been dormant, or they could've been slowly metabolizing, but we don't know for sure."
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; microbe
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This electron micrograph shows cells of the recently revived bacteria, Herminiimonas glaciei.
To: JoeProBono
After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken. And now, it's going to kill us all.
This is how the Zombie Apocalypse starts.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:14:06 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
To: SIDENET
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:17:37 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
“We don’t know what state they were in,” said study team member Jean Brenchley of Pennsylvania State University. “They could’ve been dormant, or they could’ve been slowly metabolizing, but we don’t know for sure.”
What’s That?
I dunno. Microbes or really, really, really tiny Skittles maybe?
Huh
Hmmm? Maybe we should just incubate them and see what happens.
So being cautious scientists they incubated the little bastards.
Holy Andromeda Strain Batman! Looks like Captain Trips
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:24:17 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: SIDENET
"This is how the Zombie Apocalypse starts."
Somehow that pic of Michelle Zero seems appropriate for this thread, too.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:30:07 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: JoeProBono
"After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice...a tiny microbe has awoken."
Didn't The Thing start like this too?
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:30:37 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
To: JoeProBono
I got all 4 of those little bastards, and I didn’t even get any cute stuffed animals.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:30:57 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Covenantor
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:31:08 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SIDENET
This is how the Zombie Apocalypse starts. Wow, and I thought the Zombie Apocalypse started last November.....
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:31:29 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Fight Fascism - Buy a Ford!)
To: SIDENET; GodGunsGuts; JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
And now, it's going to kill us all.
This is how the Zombie Apocalypse starts.
LOL!
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:34:10 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:35:40 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Thermalseeker
I think The Thing, original and redo, did it better.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:35:40 AM PDT
by
Jagman
To: fieldmarshaldj
Somehow that pic of Michelle Zero seems appropriate for this thread, too. It sure does.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:35:45 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:39:13 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Perdogg; JoeProBono; SunkenCiv
To: JoeProBono
Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice
Helen's brain finally had a synapse fire?
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posted on
06/16/2009 9:21:46 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: freedomlover
Thanks for that picture, I was about to head to the hospital to get help with this bad case of priapism.
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posted on
06/16/2009 9:39:26 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
To: JoeProBono
Your puny bacteria cannot compete with my Ebola Doll:
To: GodGunsGuts
I’ve got microbes older than that in my bathtub.
I’m not a great housekeeper, okay? ;’)
Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:59:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Perdogg
Isn’t there a 1960s Japanese sci-fi horror film about this? The mountain splits open... or maybe I’m conflating something with “Attack of the Mushroom People”...
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:01:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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