Re: How life exists

"a425couple"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...

from
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508022653.htm

Scientists make stunning discovery that could change our understanding
of the Universe

Date: May 8, 2026
Source: Queen Mary University of London
Summary:
Scientists may have uncovered a surprising secret behind why life exists
at all. A new study suggests that the Universe’s fundamental constants —
the deep physical rules that govern everything from atoms to stars —
appear to sit within an incredibly narrow “sweet spot” that allows
liquids to flow properly inside living cells. Even tiny shifts in these
constants could make blood too thick, water too sticky, or cellular
motion impossible, potentially wiping out life as we know it.

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Most life has optimized itself to existing conditions but there are 
significant exceptions.

The yeast used to produce ethanol from sugar cane thrives in its presence as 
well as hydrochloric and sulfuric acids added to inhibit bacteria from the 
feedstock.
https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/10/470

Living organisms have been found in saturated salt solutions that were 
buried for hundreds of millions of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloarchaea

Yellowstone's boiling hot springs thrive with mineral-eating life.
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/thermophilic-communities.htm

https://conidia.com/diesel-bug/

https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Black_smokers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

When I was young science writers knew their subjects, now they know only how 
to create click bait.