A rare rainstorm wakes undead microbes in Chile’s Atacama Desert
Superbloom solves mystery of what can survive in one of the driest places on Earth
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STAYIN’ ALIVE This superdry area in the Atacama Desert looks devoid of life. But after a rainstorm, scientists found living microbes in the soil.
D. Schulze-Makuch/Technische Universität Berlin