Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil

60 points by speckx1 hour ago

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buildsjets5 minutes ago
Reminds me of the Gamma Forest at Brookhaven National Labs. From 1961 thru 1978 they irradiated a section of the pine barrens forest with a cesium-137 source just to see what would happen. It sterilized the soil and hardly anything grows there, almost 50 years later.<p><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/pJYr6qiZnMdVwLJS6" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/pJYr6qiZnMdVwLJS6</a><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brookhaven-gamma-forest" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brookhaven-gamma-forest</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuiLxcDuHY&t=925s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuiLxcDuHY&t=925s</a>
- ErroneousBosh0 minutes ago
  I'm guessing the distinct lack of Google Streetview on that circular bit of road nearby and the tracks implies a certain amount of resistance to access if you get off that dual carriageway to the west?
JackFr6 minutes ago
Obligatory Asimov: 'The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but 'That's funny...”'
j16sdiz15 minutes ago
It feels next would be trying isolate the component that make CO2. Try to use smaller sample. Put them under microscope, etc.