Soviets find bacteria from Uranus

[brainhulk]

http://www.newsweek.com/russian-ast...found-space-station-did-not-come-earth-724445

Ok, not Uranus, but not from earth either. I wonder if this bacteria will wipe out humanity

 

[Mayne]

I didn't read it. But I have this feeling of impending doom in the next couple days.

 

[whm1974]

http://www.newsweek.com/russian-ast...found-space-station-did-not-come-earth-724445

Ok, not Uranus, but not from earth either. I wonder if this bacteria will wipe out humanity

Hard to say as there are many ways bacteria could come from Earth and with all that exposure to radiation, it can very mutate into very different species that are well adapted to survive in space but may not be able to survive on Earth.

 

[John Connor]

Saw this yesterday. Interesting the shit changes shape when introduced to antibiotics.

I think with the over prescribing of antibiotics, we better come up with something better or we're fucked!

 

[luv2liv]

im 99% sure we're gonna kill each other before any bacteria has a chance.
interesting story though.

 

[Fritzo]

A lot more likely- the bacteria came from their space suits. If it truly is alien bacteria, its DNA won't have any common ancestor to anything on Earth. Biologists should be able to determine that pretty quickly if they can get a hold of a sample.

 

[UncleWai]

God rubbed one out in outer space and sprayed the Russian space station.

 

[Iron Woode]

which do you think is more plausible:

1. alien bacteria on Russian space ships

or

2. improper decontamination of Russian ships and other equipment.

my money is on #2.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Who's anus?

 

[Darwin333]

A lot more likely- the bacteria came from their space suits. If it truly is alien bacteria, its DNA won't have any common ancestor to anything on Earth. Biologists should be able to determine that pretty quickly if they can get a hold of a sample.

The real question is, is it really worth the risk to bring it back to earth? Who knows what hell it could reek on us, other animals or plant life. Even if the most likely situation is true, that it's simply a bacteria from earth that has been mutated by radiation in the vacuum of space.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Soviets? In 2017?

Wow.

 

[Fritzo]

The real question is, is it really worth the risk to bring it back to earth? Who knows what hell it could reek on us, other animals or plant life. Even if the most likely situation is true, that it's simply a bacteria from earth that has been mutated by radiation in the vacuum of space.

Anything alien is very unlikely to be able to interact with life on Earth. There are billions of strains of bacteria on Earth. Only a tiny percentage are harmful to humans (or other life) because they evolved some kind of advantage to causing harm to a host. Consider the chimpanzee- it has 96% human DNA, and we can't mate with one (I'm sure someone has tried too). We also can't eat most living things on Earth. What chance does an alien strain of bacteria have with infecting an alien host?

 

[nakedfrog]

The real question is, is it really worth the risk to bring it back to earth? Who knows what hell it could reek on us, other animals or plant life. Even if the most likely situation is true, that it's simply a bacteria from earth that has been mutated by radiation in the vacuum of space.

But what about superpowers from alien bacteria?

 

[John Connor]

Like War of the Worlds only in reverse.

 

[Iron Woode]

Like War of the Worlds only in reverse.

Anything alien is very unlikely to be able to interact with life on Earth. There are billions of strains of bacteria on Earth. Only a tiny percentage are harmful to humans (or other life) because they evolved some kind of advantage to causing hard to a host. Consider the chimpanzee- it has 96% human DNA, and we can't mate with one (I'm sure someone has tried too). We also can't eat most living things on Earth. What chance does an alien strain of bacteria have with infecting an alien host?

more like Micheal Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.