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If you just want to read about the bug, this was pretty interesting: Biology of extreme radiation resistance: the way of Deinococcus radiodurans. - Cold Spring
by phobosanomaly 6y ago
If you just want to read about the bug, this was pretty interesting:
Biology of extreme radiation resistance: the way of Deinococcus radiodurans. - Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3685888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3685888/
- thdrdt 6y agoAbout radiation: I once accidentally microwaved ants (trying to 'sterilize' potting soil) but they survived. Turns out more people microwaved ants and they found multiple reasons for their survival. The main reasons are that they can transfer heat very easily and they do not contain much water relative to their volume. So there is probably a lot more life that can withstand extreme conditions.
- Apofis 6y agoYou're forgetting the wavelength of microwaves.