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  • ahazred8ta61 days ago
    <i>Incendiamoeba cascadensis</i> can reproduce up to 63°C (145.4°F)
    • WithinReason61 days ago
      The archaean <i>Methanopyrus kandleri</i> can grow at 122°C, while among bacteria, <i>Geothermobacterium ferrireducens</i> can grow at temperatures up to 100°C
      • adrian_b61 days ago
        That is why the title stresses that this is a new record for an <i>eukaryote</i>.<p>It is well known that the much less complex bacteria &amp; archaea can live at much higher temperatures than any eukaryote.
      • metalman61 days ago
        the numbers put the idea of total extinction of life on earth way out there in the relm of the improbable, and suggest that perhaps some living things will survive the expansion of our sun, when it inevitably turns into a red giant, or at least till some later phase in that process it also means that irrate alliens looking to rid the universe of earth life, have got there work cut out for them
        • close0461 days ago
          When the Sun turns into a red giant the water on Earth won&#x27;t stay liquid for much longer. Lack of water will be a much bigger challenge for life before the planet hits that limit of 122°C.
          • vatsachak61 days ago
            I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if life on earth expands to other solar systems before the sun goes berserk. There&#x27;s 5 billion years left
            • tim33361 days ago
              Or just the chillier bits of our own one.
        • Gibbon161 days ago
          I have a self bet that if they discover life on mars it&#x27;s going to be suspiciously similar to what we have here.
      • vatsachak61 days ago
        Evolution is beautiful. To me, it&#x27;s the most beautiful process ever chronicled
    • IAmBroom61 days ago
      Which is the subject of the article. Did you read it?