Our blue planet may be the most habitable we know of, but it still contains pockets of toxicity here and there. The Atacama Desert , for example; deepest Antarctica ; worst of all, the crushing pressure, ice cold, and extreme salinity of the ocean floor. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Nevertheless, as a renowned mathematician once said, “life, uh, finds a way.” And now, a little bit more than before, we know how.

“Our findings provide foundational understanding of the subsurface serpentinite-hosted biosphere in the Mariana forearc,” boasts a recent paper from researchers at the University of Bremen, Germany, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts.

“The lipid biomarker transitions from pelagic se

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