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Origins
Extreme Life
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Acid-Washed Pink Genes
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
03/11/07 |
| Pink slime at the surface of water trickling through an old mine in California is proving to be a treasure for researchers in their quest to learn more about how bacterial communities exist in nature. |
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Good Vibrations
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
02/08/07 |
| New recordings of the sounds produced by hydrothermal vents at the ocean floor may provide insight into these unique environments and the organisms they support. |
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Pumping Ions
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
01/30/07 |
| Researchers studying the cholera pathogen have shed new light on how bacteria generate the energy they need to live. The findings could help scientists understand how bacteria are able to find energy to survive in some of the harshest environments known. |
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Shotgun Sequencing Slime
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
01/21/07 |
| Scientists have identified tiny nanoorganisms, which are virtually impossible to see beneath the microscope, in a Californian mine. The discovery may have important implications in the search for life on other planets. |
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Diversity in the Air
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
12/27/06 |
| Scientists have identified an astonishing diversity of microbes living in the air we breathe, expanding our knowledge of the environments in which Earth's most prolific organisms can grow and survive. |
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Strange and Alien Forms
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
12/25/06 |
| The panelists discuss questions such as whether viruses are alive, and if there could be life on Saturn´s moon Titan. |
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Debating Life´s Boundaries
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
12/21/06 |
| The panelists toss around the question of how to define 'life,' and wonder if we should even bother with definitions at all. |
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What is Life?
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
12/15/06 |
| Pam Conrad touches on the practical aspects of searching for life, while Carol Cleland takes a more philosophical approach. |
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Archaea, the Bug Next Door?
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| Topic: Extreme Life |
12/12/06 |
| From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea. Certain archaea can inhabit some of the harshest environments on Earth and provide insights into how life might survive on other planets. |
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