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Who Can Live Here? Life in Extreme Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/ExtremeEnvironment/Ext...
Astrobiology in the Classroom leads students in the exploration of the limits of life on Earth to extend their beliefs about life to include its possibility on other worlds. In this four-part ...

Life on Earth...and Elsewhere? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://nai.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2013/10/Astrobio...

Intimate Connections: Geomicrobiologists Explore the Interactions between Biosphere and Geosphere part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This BioScience article presents information about recent geomicrobiological research in deep, hot environments. The article discusses work being done in a South African gold mine and deep beneath ...

Secrets of a Salty Survivor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/20...
This Science at NASA article reports the ability of the halophilic bacteria Halobacterium to survive lethal doses of radiation, extreme dryness, and the vacuum of space. Potential applications for ...

The Goldilocks Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/goldilocks-zone/
This on-line news article introduces the Goldilocks Zone, an area of space adequate for the survival of life. Initially believed to be a remarkably small region of space that didn't even include ...

Nanobes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow...
This Science Show radio transcript contains an interview with Dr. Philippa Uwins of the University of Queensland. Dr. Uwins discovered a group of organisms in limestone from off-shore Western ...

The Astrobiology Curriculum part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobio.terc.edu/
This site is a preview version of the Astrobiology Curriculum, an interdisciplinary year-long course for middle and high school students developed by TERC and NASA. Through a series of investigations ...

Extreme Bugs Found in Slag Dump part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3250199.stm
This news article reports that scientists recently discovered microbial communities thriving in the slag dumps of the Lake Calumet region of southeast Chicago where the water can reach a pH of 12.8. ...

Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/opb/intimatestrangers/
This PBS documentary provides an overview of the microbial world and offers an exciting glimpse into the field of microbiology. Meet scientists from around the world investigating the microbial world ...

Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=2497
This Oceanus article presents information regarding microbial life beneath the sea floor. These newly discovered organisms push the limits of our understanding about the extreme conditions life can ...