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  "path": "/2026/06/02/scientists-sterilized-soil-it-kept-breathing-for-six-years.html",
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    "\"The Dirt That Refused To Die\"",
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  "textContent": "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 \n\nThe post Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years."
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