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Barely Alive: Ancient bacteria survive in the slow lane
Microbes locked in 500,000-year-old permafrost appear to breathe and show other signs of very slow life.
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Share Alike: Genes from bacteria found in animals
Bacteria swap genes all the time, but it now appears that they can give their DNA to some animals as well.
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Tiny tubes, big pollution
Making carbon nanotubes also produces a lot of airborne carcinogens.
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Light switch
A photosensitive molecule makes switching off a gene as simple as flicking on a light.
