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Chemical & Engineering News April 4

Defining Life's Limits
A. YARNELL, C. WASHINGTON

A sulfur-rich, near-boiling hot spring. A remote rock more than a mile under Earth's surface. A bone-dry desert where it rains only once every few years. To us, such places may sound downright inhospitable. But for certain microbes--traditionally known as extremophiles--such locales can be a perfect place to live. So what are life's true limits?
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