WorldPingThe newly-described amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis can survive at a sweltering 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
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WorldPingAn amoeba living in a Californian hot spring is thriving above 60°C, a threshold previously thought deadly to complex life…
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WorldPingLee esta historia en español aquí. NASA-supported scientists have discovered an organism that lives at extreme temperatures previously thought impossible for complex life.
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WorldPingScientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
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WorldPingThe Manning River helmeted turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) might just be Australia's most beautiful freshwater turtle.
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Mita and Hemant Parikh decided to split from their group and take a side trip during their long-planned pilgrimage. They're now safely back home, but none of the families they were traveling with have been found.
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Settlement is largest of its kind in any US city and is set to affect 260,000 delivery drivers.
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