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Common yeast can survive Martian conditions

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79 points geox | 1 comments | 14 Oct 25 22:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alexpotato ◴[22 Oct 25 21:27 UTC] No.45675379[source]▶
Given that the "percentage of stars with planets" part of the Drake equation has recently been determined to be close to 100%, Panspermia is starting to feel more and more likely.
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malfist ◴[22 Oct 25 21:44 UTC] No.45675558[source]▶
Something to blow your mind with. The early days in the universe there were millions of years were the average temperature in the universe supported liquid water.
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kaashif ◴[22 Oct 25 22:11 UTC] No.45675809[source]▶
I don't think millions of years is long enough for anything interesting to happen life-wise, is it?
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vizzier ◴[22 Oct 25 22:24 UTC] No.45675940[source]▶
hard to know with so few data points
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1. firefax ◴[22 Oct 25 23:55 UTC] No.45676637[source]▶
>hard to know with so few data points

i've yelled at the interns several times but none have been able to set up a haldane soup focus group yet