SCIENCE BRIEFS: Caffeine thermometers, et al.
Primordial bug debunks debate? For decades, the origin of life has been a subject of war for two camps of scientific thought-a war that an ancient undersea microbe now puts to rest. By metabolizing carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar, this particular specie (formally known as M. acetivorans) derives energy from a previously unknown biochemical […]