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This is a link-bait headline - the article is interesting, but could be retitled for HN. TL;DR: they claim to have found organisms from Earth living in space o
by duncan_bayne 12y ago
This is a link-bait headline - the article is interesting, but could be retitled for HN.
TL;DR: they claim to have found organisms from Earth living in space on the ISS.
- gus_massa 12y agoTotally linkbait title (can we at least drop the "We Kid You Not") with a sensationalist article. (Note: The nice photo of a green phytoplankton is form 2009 or before, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phytoplankton_-_the_foundation_of_the_oceanic_food_chain.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phytoplankton_-_the_f... , it's not a photo of what they found.) Previous discussion from another source: "Scientists find traces of sea plankton on ISS surface" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8201769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8201769 (96 points, 5 days ago, 34 comments) The redaction is confusing, but I think it is still not clear that they are alive