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Hot spring amoeba breaks record for heat tolerance of complex life
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 22 Sept 2026, 15:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Hot spring amoeba breaks record for heat tolerance of complex life”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A tiny, single-celled organism can thrive at temperatures that would kill all other known complex life. In a study published in Cell, scientists describe a new species of amoeba that can eat and reproduce in hot spring water as warm as 63°C (145°F) in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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Hot spring amoeba breaks record for heat tolerance of complex life
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