News
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Some like it hotter
A microbe found on the ocean floor can grow at 121°C, a new record for the upper temperature limit for life.
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Chopping up a microbial tail
An enzyme made by immune cells destroys the proteins that make up bacterial tails.
- Earth
Whale meat in Japan is loaded with mercury
Some people in Japan who eat dolphins and other toothed whales are ingesting amounts of mercury that exceed legal health limits.
- Astronomy
Finding a nearby star
Astronomers have discovered a star that may be among the very closest known to us.
