« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: New Science stuff :)  (Read 1681 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
New Science stuff :)
« on: October 10, 2008, 12:47:19 PM »
Goldmine Bug DNA may be key to alien life

Basically this little creature's living deep in the Earth in goldmines, devoid of sunlight and Oxygen.
Gaining its energy from Uranium decay.

Just follow the link to read it in detail, it's fascinating :)




I've decided I'm just going to post interesting scientific finds on this thread :)
« Last Edit: October 27, 2008, 09:56:34 AM by ;) »
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline Azdgari

  • Laureate
  • *********
  • Posts: 12210
  • Darwins +267/-31
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2008, 12:49:10 PM »
Makes one wonder what other planets could support such bacteria, let alone other possible bacteria we havn't even thought of.
Logged
Quote from: Jesuis on May 23, 2014, 03:59:17 PM
The highest moral human authority is copied by our Gandhi neurons through observation.

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2008, 01:00:35 PM »
Yeahh, if the bacteria can survive in those conditions, surely other planets would be suitable for some sort of bacterium.
I'm pretty sure when we have the ability to do more regular research on other planets that we'll find something, at least that's what I hope for :D
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline bahramthered

  • Fellow
  • *******
  • Posts: 3140
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2008, 01:12:23 PM »
Amazing. I've always know life was more incredible than we ever knew but this is just over the top. Able to get energy from radioactive elements... Incredible.
Logged

Offline velkyn

  • Laureate
  • *********
  • Posts: 15420
  • Darwins +169/-6
  • Gender: Female
  • You're wearing the juice, aren't you?"
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2008, 01:52:59 PM »
very cool.  I love extremophiles. 
Logged
"There is no use in arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus 1" - Pirates of Venus, ERB

http://clubschadenfreude.wordpress.com/

Offline cmotdibbler

  • Freshman
  • *
  • Posts: 35
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2008, 03:59:19 PM »
I roomed with a guy at a scientific conference who worked on thermophilic bacteriophage (viruses that infect thermophilic bacteria). Temporarily endowing bacteria with thought I could imagine them saying, "here I have this nice thermal vent around boiling point, acidic pH, no real predators can survive this horrible environment ... here come the phage. It seems that life will try to fill in any nook or crevice that is available. 
Logged

Offline Azdgari

  • Laureate
  • *********
  • Posts: 12210
  • Darwins +267/-31
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2008, 08:55:26 PM »
Quote from: Azdgari on October 10, 2008, 12:49:10 PM
Makes one wonder what other planets could support such bacteria BUGS!!!???, let alone other possible bacteria BUGS!!!??? we havn't even thought of.

Woah.  I totally assumed something in your post that wasn't there.  I figured this was just one of those old bacteria/archea that live in those sorts of environments, but it's a multicellular organism!  That's so fracking cool.
Logged
Quote from: Jesuis on May 23, 2014, 03:59:17 PM
The highest moral human authority is copied by our Gandhi neurons through observation.

Offline GotMooo

  • Postgraduate
  • *****
  • Posts: 778
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2008, 09:21:23 PM »
Absolutely amazing!  I cannot wait for what is yet to come.
Logged

Offline xphobe

  • Professor
  • ********
  • Posts: 5364
  • Darwins +12/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • the truth is out there
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 11:18:38 AM »
Quote from: velkyn on October 10, 2008, 01:52:59 PM
very cool.  I love extremophiles. 

Does that make you an extremophilophile?  ::)
Logged
I stopped believing for a little while this morning. Journey is gonna be so pissed when they find out...

Offline xphobe

  • Professor
  • ********
  • Posts: 5364
  • Darwins +12/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • the truth is out there
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 11:23:14 AM »
Quote from: Azdgari on October 10, 2008, 08:55:26 PM
Quote from: Azdgari on October 10, 2008, 12:49:10 PM
Makes one wonder what other planets could support such bacteria BUGS!!!???, let alone other possible bacteria BUGS!!!??? we havn't even thought of.

Woah.  I totally assumed something in your post that wasn't there.  I figured this was just one of those old bacteria/archea that live in those sorts of environments, but it's a multicellular organism!  That's so fracking cool.

Where do you read that?  Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is a bacterium, according to the article.
Logged
I stopped believing for a little while this morning. Journey is gonna be so pissed when they find out...

Offline Azdgari

  • Laureate
  • *********
  • Posts: 12210
  • Darwins +267/-31
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 12:30:40 PM »
Oh.  I was right the first time, then...the article kept referring to the damn thing as a "bug" so I leaped to conclusions.
Logged
Quote from: Jesuis on May 23, 2014, 03:59:17 PM
The highest moral human authority is copied by our Gandhi neurons through observation.

Offline Alkan

  • Reader
  • ******
  • Posts: 1051
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Challenging, but wondrous ride.
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 01:49:36 PM »
Quote from: ;) on October 10, 2008, 12:47:19 PM
Goldmine Bug DNA may be key to alien life

Basically this little creature's living deep in the Earth in goldmines, devoid of sunlight and Oxygen.
Gaining its energy from Uranium decay.

Just follow the link to read it in detail, it's fascinating :)


Wherever there's energy, there's bacteria, as long as the energy is not too great or too little, it seems.
Logged

Offline bahramthered

  • Fellow
  • *******
  • Posts: 3140
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 02:29:55 PM »
Define too much or too little. There's bacteria cheerfully living in conditons we'd call hell becuase of so much energy. Live deep sea vents. Incredible pressure, boiling hot water, and chemicals you don't want anywhere near you.
Logged

Offline velkyn

  • Laureate
  • *********
  • Posts: 15420
  • Darwins +169/-6
  • Gender: Female
  • You're wearing the juice, aren't you?"
Re: New bacteria discovered
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2008, 10:03:38 AM »
Quote from: xphobe on October 12, 2008, 11:18:38 AM
Quote from: velkyn on October 10, 2008, 01:52:59 PM
very cool.  I love extremophiles. 

Does that make you an extremophilophile?  ::)

ROFL!

From critters in the antarctic, to those around the black smokers, it seems that there isn't much to determine what is bad for life.  I didn't get a chance to watch all the new show about the giant crystal cave but they were looking in there for new extremophiles too!  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/giant-crystal-cave-3569/Overview

Logged
"There is no use in arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus 1" - Pirates of Venus, ERB

http://clubschadenfreude.wordpress.com/

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
Re: New bacteria discovered (Adding More Discoveries)
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2008, 02:26:47 PM »
Molecular Computer Runs Calculations Inside Living Cell

Read this, it's incredible to say the least :)
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline Goodkat

  • Reader
  • ******
  • Posts: 1193
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • A man's delusion is insanity, a nation's, religion
Re: New bacteria discovered (Adding More Discoveries)
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2008, 02:34:16 PM »
Has anyone ever heard of a waterbear?

Quote
It has recently been demonstrated that tardigrades can survive the vacuum of open space and solar radiation combined for at least 10 days.
« Last Edit: October 16, 2008, 02:53:40 PM by Goodkat »
Logged

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
Re: New bacteria discovered (Adding More Discoveries)
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2008, 03:01:16 PM »
Wow, those Waterbear things are great!
Look like little ugly caterpillars ::)

It's amazing how some living things can survive so much more extremeties than us.

Found these things too - "Conan the Bacterium" ;)
« Last Edit: October 16, 2008, 03:05:42 PM by ;) »
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
Re: New Science stuff :)
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2008, 09:58:25 AM »
"Fishbowl" Spaceships

Fancy a flight into space?
Only ... $100,000 :o
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline ;)

  • Graduate
  • ****
  • Posts: 454
  • Darwins +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • My name's Dan, ignore the crap username :)
Re: New Science stuff :)
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2008, 01:34:32 PM »
Logged
Our freedom's consuming itself.

Offline xphobe

  • Professor
  • ********
  • Posts: 5364
  • Darwins +12/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • the truth is out there
Re: New Science stuff :)
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2008, 05:07:06 AM »
Quote from: ;) on November 04, 2008, 01:34:32 PM
New particle discovered? Dark Matter? ;)

1 Gev chargeless particle? sounds like a neutron... a real slow one though
Logged
I stopped believing for a little while this morning. Journey is gonna be so pissed when they find out...
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »