National Geographic News

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

"Scientists find a startling discovery in a national park's hot waters"

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/scientists-find-startling-discovery-national-park-21221483.php 


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Beryl Rappaport, a microbiologist completing her Ph.D. at Syracuse University, and a team of researchers identified a new eukaryote, a type of amoeba whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus, that can live in heat once thought to be fatal. "Eukaryotes can grow at higher temperatures than we thought was possible for them," Rappaport said..."