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Post by L Roebuck on Apr 29, 2008 7:21:27 GMT -5
Possible link between caves, Mars studiedBy Andrea McAllister, Batesville Daily Guard Is there life on Mars? That is exactly what Dr. David Thomas, Lyon College associate professor of biology, and a team of researchers would like to know. Thomas, along with Lyon students Melissa Kuehl, Michael McQueen and Lyon College Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Han Ong, are involved in researching caves to determine if life could exist on Mars. The group has been spending many days trudging through dark, damp and often trash and graffiti-littered area caves that aren’t protected. They make the trek to collect microbes, which are very small life forms present in things such as bacteria, fungi or algae. Cave microbes are researched because it is believed they make their food out of minerals using chemicals in rocks instead of using light like most life. Thomas said the research consists of looking at extreme limits of life and applying that to early environments on Earth and off. Full Article
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