Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 15:50 in Biology & Nature

A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. The microbes tolerate...

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