To: gd124
"Scientists have discovered the world's toughest life form. The single-celled microbe, called "strain 121" for the moment, can survive at a scorching 130C higher than the boiling point of water and nearly 20 degrees higher than the previous record holder. ...
"After 10 hours at 121C strain 121 was still alive and well. Prof Lovley said it took a temperature of 130C to finally kill the microbe..."
Very poor journalism. Zero degrees celcius is the freezing point of water. Water turns to gas (steam) at 100C.
4 posted on
08/18/2003 6:17:43 PM PDT by
badfreeper
(But it's the humidity that gets to you...)
To: badfreeper
Water turns to gas (steam) at 100C.
Yeah, but an autoclave is pressurized and, thus, temperatures higher than 100C are possible.
6 posted on
08/18/2003 6:33:42 PM PDT by
Rudder
To: badfreeper
Guess this explains the media's belief in the whole global warming hoax.
To: badfreeper
Maybe they just missed a comma before the word 'higher.'
23 posted on
08/10/2004 12:29:07 PM PDT by
Sloth
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