Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor

[Dirtmechanic]

This was a bit of an eye opener article:

Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor

No one knew that single-celled organisms could live so long.

www.livescience.com

 

[Marie2020]

This was a bit of an eye opener article:

Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor

No one knew that single-celled organisms could live so long.

www.livescience.com

This is very interesting. Do you think this discovery could be of use to the world?

 

[Dirtmechanic]

This is very interesting. Do you think this discovery could be of use to the world?

Maybe we get some horror movies out of it? I do not know. Understanding cell longevity is on the journey to the fountain of youth. Deep anesthesia recovery or coma patients might benefit. Not my area but I can imagine a few things.

 

[flowerbug]

there is a lot of things about life that we still don't know. one of many reasons why basic science is usually well worth supporting.

 

[Marie2020]

Interesting how these microbes thrived well on nitrogen and carbon. That got me thinking.

I don't understand any on this but my mind perks up on any new subject.

Thanks for your informative post @Dirtmechanic

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Interesting how these microbes thrived well on nitrogen and carbon. That got me thinking.

I don't understand any on this but my mind perks up on any new subject.

Thanks for your informative post @Dirtmechanic

Just making up for the bad ones!

 

[ducks4you]

Maybe we get some horror movies out of it? I do not know. Understanding cell longevity is on the journey to the fountain of youth. Deep anesthesia recovery or coma patients might benefit. Not my area but I can imagine a few things.

SOMEBODY is gonna suggest the study will enable us to "cold storage" ourselves on trips to other planets.

 

[Marie2020]

SOMEBODY is gonna suggest the study will enable us to "cold storage" ourselves on trips to other planets.

That somebody is more than welcome to attempt it first, because I don't fancy taking a leap into space anytime soon.

 

[canesisters]

PUT THOSE THINGS BACK!!!!! HAVEN'T WE GOT ENOUGH IN 2020 YET?????