Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years.

Quanta's "The Dirt That Refused To Die" follows a French lab that sterilized soil with gamma radiation, sealed it in jars, and watched it keep breathing — taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide for six years, with no living cell left inside. — Read the rest The post Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. appeared first on Boing Boing.