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Scientists have revived microbes found in sediments 100 million years ago from the depths of the ocean floor. The experiment sheds new light on where life can be found on Earth, and how resilient it can be. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the microbes …

Off the Florida coast, at the bottom of the ocean, there are huge bright blue holes that seem to glow from within. What the unexplored holes contain has remained largely a mystery, but now scientists want to change that. Investigators flock to a 425-foot “blue hole” off the Florida Gulf …