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  • Oct 7, 2026, 1:59 AM

    For #ProjectHailMary fans: Scientists have found an amoeba that survives and reproduces at RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES up to 63 C or 145 F. Not Astrophage but might feel kind of at home on Eridani.

    #science #microbiology

    Found in thermal hot springs creek in California. Link to paper in comments.

    Illustration from scientific paper showing the replication and motility range of temperatures (42C to 63C) for hottest-surviving amoeba found in geothermal hot springs creek in California.
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