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- copypastry, on 04/21/2009, -2/+17Life is one tenacious *****.
- iamnotyou, on 04/20/2009, -3/+15That's pretty interesting. Who knew.
- Khast, on 04/21/2009, -1/+11Intriguing. It would seem that the definition of what conditions living organisms can survive under, may just mean there is possibility of life on other planets...even if it is mostly microbes and bacteria.
- iEATcatFOOD, on 04/21/2009, -1/+10How many times will digg make this discovery? They're called archaebacteria.
- LargeStack, on 04/21/2009, -0/+7Its Strom Thurmond
- JoeHague, on 04/21/2009, -0/+7FTA
"Owing to the extreme conditions, the community is not very diverse-with only a handful of species appearing, chief of which are the bacillus-like species thiomicrospira and desulfocapsa. These unique microbes are specially adapted to the underground environment and are able to utilize sulfur compounds (like sulfates) to extract iron from the surrounding rock, which, along with carbon, is actively cycled through the cell to drive its key energy-harnessing and metabolic functions. Once excreted, the iron reacts with oxygen (in the water) and forms rust, which is the reason for the rusty-reddish color of the meltwater, and the name Blood Falls). The microbes are also adapted to an environment high in chlorides and sulfates, which are normally poisonous to many other microorganisms."
Google a picture of Europa - iEATcatFOOD, on 04/21/2009, -2/+8The majority of these comments are of very low quality.
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -4/+10"neither light nor oxygen underground " They found 4chan?
- Nebberz, on 04/21/2009, -0/+5here's to keeping your digg count at 1, that way you don't get what you want, and in case you were looking for the opposite, you don't get that either.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 04/21/2009, -0/+5ah, nostalgia
- Marijuana, on 04/21/2009, -8/+13But will they blend?
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -1/+5wow, you fail.
- bcr8u, on 04/21/2009, -0/+3i did.
- Jareth86, on 04/21/2009, -0/+3Looks like life on Europa and Mars isn't too far-fetched after all.
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -6/+8hey guys!!!!!!!!! can you help me out? i just want to be digged down as much as possible.
like -200 or something! thanks! - newbill123, on 04/21/2009, -0/+2Get the Purell dispenser, Quick!
- Nebarik, on 04/21/2009, -0/+2most of these comments look like they were written by ancient microbes that were recently discovered under a antartic glacier.
- DurandalIX, on 04/21/2009, -0/+2ancient microbe smoke, don't breathe this.
- Y0tsuya, on 04/21/2009, -0/+2They should have Kirk Russel on hand, just in case.
- L4mb, on 04/21/2009, -2/+3"Life will find a way."
- iEATcatFOOD, on 04/21/2009, -0/+1"oh."
- JBizness, on 04/21/2009, -0/+1Seriously. I'd really like to see a probe or something sent to Europa in my life time. If there really is liquid water under all that ice, who knows what sorts of organisms could be living there.
- FeloniusMonkey, on 04/21/2009, -2/+3Ahh... Mother Nature's way of cleansing us from the planet. It's only fitting that the 160+ IQ scientists will be the ones to introduce our "new" little friends to their new hosts.
- Kaegro, on 04/21/2009, -0/+1lol. I think bushobamabot missed the point.
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -2/+3"BLAST IT (with a flamethrower)!"
- The Thing - ptheroux, on 04/21/2009, -1/+2This is news? I have microbes growing on my dirty dishes right now.
- Genecalypse, on 04/21/2009, -2/+2Midichlorians?
- MasterGrief, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1Who do you think you are, Konstantinos Smith?
- Volatile36, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1And cue zombie horde...
- dosapede, on 04/21/2009, -0/+0...I hope this was done on purpose.
- LemonHerb, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1Clearly it's the black oil.
- Kaegro, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1I digged it up.
- GraceHead, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1just how are they currently thriving and "ancient?"
- pjr12345, on 04/21/2009, -3/+2God's creation is just awesome!
- Kaegro, on 04/21/2009, -2/+1well, I guess that it disproves god. I'm not sure how yet but it does.
- twiztidsinz, on 04/21/2009, -6/+4ALIEN LIFEFORMS!!!!!!!!!!
- jpop, on 04/21/2009, -5/+3So, that's where the Blob is hiding?
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -9/+4No big deal. They're just 6000 years old. No implications for life elsewhere in the Universe. Nothing to see here.
- inactive, on 04/21/2009, -8/+2In Ralph's voice: "Jesus sprinkled them there to feed the dinosaurs."
- Dan6963, on 04/21/2009, -10/+1But will it run Crysis?
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