#lifeontheedge — Public Fediverse posts

17-Apr-2026
Tectonic “pump” may close the evolutionary loop for subseafloor #microbes

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124649

#science #ecology #lifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeEnvironments #microbiology

Last year's feature about #tardigrades is now in the #OpenArchive. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiny-survivors.html #science #ecology #LifeOnTheEdge #astrobiology

18-Jul-2025
#DeepLife’s survival secret: Crustal faulting generates key #energy sources, study shows

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091679 #science #astrobiology #ecology #LifeOnTheEdge

9-Jul-2025
Four newly-discovered species of #cave-dwelling #pseudoscorpions have jaws like dragons and are completely blind

not sure if it's a great idea to use imaginary animals as reference point to describe a new species?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089740 #science #evolution #newSpecies #arthropods #LifeOnTheEdge

19-Jun-2025
When Earth iced over, early life may have sheltered in meltwater ponds
Modern-day analogs in #Antarctica reveal ponds teeming with life similar to early multicellular organisms

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087674

#science #astrobiology #snowballEarth #LifeOnTheEdge #evolution

Side-by-side releases are so much better than they used to be, and yet I still feel a pang of fear when I decide to give .NET Preview releases 'a go' on my main dev machine 🤦

#blazor #risktaker #lifeontheedge

15-Apr-2025
Studying how #seals adapt to #extremeEnvironments could lead to benefits in human #reproductiveHealth

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080569 #science #ecology #LifeOnTheEdge

19-Mar-2025
Unknown #microorganisms used #marble and #limestone as a #habitat
Unusual structures of unknown origin found in rocks of desert areas

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077461 #science #microbiology #ecology #LifeOnTheEdge #lithotroph

9-Dec-2024
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and partners discover new ocean predator in the #AtacamaTrench

Four Dulcibella camanchaca individuals were collected at a depth of 7,902 meters

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067563

#science #DeepSea #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #marineBiology

9-Dec-2024
How ‘Conan the Bacterium’ withstands extreme radiation
New discovery finds simple metabolites combine to form a powerful #antioxidant

Dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” for its extraordinary ability to tolerate the harshest of conditions, #DeinococcusRadiodurans can withstand #radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human — and every other organism for that matter.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067264 #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #environment #microbiology

9-Dec-2024
How ‘Conan the Bacterium’ withstands extreme radiation
New discovery finds simple metabolites combine to form a powerful #antioxidant

Dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” for its extraordinary ability to tolerate the harshest of conditions, #DeinococcusRadiodurans can withstand #radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human — and every other organism for that matter.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067264 #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #environment #microbiology

9-Dec-2024
How ‘Conan the Bacterium’ withstands extreme radiation
New discovery finds simple metabolites combine to form a powerful #antioxidant

Dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” for its extraordinary ability to tolerate the harshest of conditions, #DeinococcusRadiodurans can withstand #radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human — and every other organism for that matter.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067264 #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #environment #microbiology

9-Dec-2024
How ‘Conan the Bacterium’ withstands extreme radiation
New discovery finds simple metabolites combine to form a powerful #antioxidant

Dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” for its extraordinary ability to tolerate the harshest of conditions, #DeinococcusRadiodurans can withstand #radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human — and every other organism for that matter.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067264 #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #environment #microbiology

9-Dec-2024
How ‘Conan the Bacterium’ withstands extreme radiation
New discovery finds simple metabolites combine to form a powerful #antioxidant

Dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” for its extraordinary ability to tolerate the harshest of conditions, #DeinococcusRadiodurans can withstand #radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human — and every other organism for that matter.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067264 #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ecology #environment #microbiology

14-Nov-2024
Living #microbes discovered in Earth’s driest #desert

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1064599

#science #ecology #ExtremeConditions #LifeOnTheEdge #astrobiology #microbiology

24-Oct-2024
By studying new species of tardigrade, researchers glean insights into #RadiationTolerance

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1061934

#science #ecology #tardigrades #LifeOnTheEdge

22-Aug-2024
Trying to understand the water bear (aka #tardigrades) body plan

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1055447 #science #evolution #LifeOnTheEdge #extremeConditions #astrobiology

27-JUN-2024
Under #pressure: How #combJellies have adapted to life at the bottom of the #ocean
Research shows #deepsea organisms have unique lipid structures to help them survive

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049654 #science #ecology #MarineBiology #LifeOnTheEdge

15-MAR-2024
Even inactive smokers are densely colonized by microbial communities
International project investigates and verifies carbon sinks in the deep sea

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1037837

#science #LifeOnTheEdge #astrobiology #DeepSea #BlackSmokers

15-MAR-2024
Protein fragments ID two new “extremophile” microbes—and may help find alien life

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1037868

#science #extremeConditions #LifeOnTheEdge #astrobiology #ecology

1-FEB-2024
Exploring the unseen: microbial wonders in earth's saltiest waters

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1033119

#science #LifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeConditions #salinity #halophiles

14-Dec-2023
#Seals stay warm and hydrated in the arctic with larger, more convoluted nasal passages

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010234 #science #physiology #LifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeConditions #arctic

27-Jul-2023
Genome analysis of 46,000-year-old #roundworm from Siberian #permafrost reveals novel species

International research team shows that a newly discovered nematode species from the Pleistocene share a molecular toolkit for survival with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996789

The important and slightly scary bit is that these worms are actually alive. #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeConditions #ecology

Research has discovered a cold “coping” mechanism that is under the control of the plant biological clock and could offer solutions to breeding more resilience into crops less suited to cold climates. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/984560 #science #plants #LifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeConditions #cold #CircadianClock

How fish survive the extreme #hydrostaticPressure in the oceans https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/966078 aaaah reminds me of my high pressure PhD work back in the 90s #LifeOnTheEdge

How fish survive the extreme #hydrostaticPressure in the oceans https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/966078 aaaah reminds me of my high pressure PhD work back in the 90s #LifeOnTheEdge