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Is this the oldest Bacteria in the World?
Growing a living bacteria from a spore that scientists claim is 250 million years old
Growing a living bacteria from a spore that scientists claim has been encased in a salt crystal for 250 million years. Patients' support group PXE International (for genetic disorder pseudoxanthoma elasticum) in a patent partnership with researchers in Hawaii. Why astronomers believe it rains methane from an orange sky on Titan, a moon of Saturn. Modelling bubonic plague outbreaks needs to consider rat populations more carefully. The poisonous birds of Papua New Guinea.
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