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For anyone who is feeling doomer about the survival of life on earth, here are some articles about bacteria LIVING IN ASPHALT (hexbear.net)

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070510151916.htm

https://phys.org/news/2010-04-microbes-natural-asphalt-lake.html

https://www.livescience.com/1515-asphalt-munching-bacteria-discovered.html

The weird little bastards are eating metal and petrochemicals!

As a bonus, here are fungi that eat hard ionizing radiation, including in the radioactive core of the Chernobyl NPP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus

We're gonna make it. Well, maybe not us, but someone is definitely gonna make it.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We've never been closer. If the sharks and jellyfish and crocodiles can do it, why shouldn't we?

Incidentally does anyone have a good news portal for research papers about this kind of thing? I'm trying to get up to date and inspired on the cellular regeneration/genetic manipulation fields. There's so much we can do and it's always been my dream to do it, and I think reading the real thing will really help me drag my adhd ass through school.