[LINK] Life
Karl Auer
kauer at biplane.com.au
Thu Jul 24 10:35:57 AEST 2014
On Thu, 2014-07-24 at 02:50 +1000, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Biologists discover bacteria that eat pure electrons, redefining life
"Redefining life" seems a bit of stretch. Photosynthesising plants
"eat" photons and nobody marvels at how they are "eating pure energy". I
know, I'm missing the point a bit :-) The heat that keeps us all alive
by allowing chemical reactions to take place at appropriate rates is
"pure energy" too.
Regards, K.
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