From: Huge@nowhere.much.invalid   
      
   On 2018-11-30, RS Wood  wrote:   
   > On 2018-11-26, JAB  wrote:   
   >> Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Have Been Discovered on Board The   
   >> International Space Station   
   >>   
   >> An uninvited guest has been caught hitching a ride on the   
   >> International Space Station, and it's a worrying one. JPL-NASA   
   >> Scientists have identified strains of Enterobacter collected from the   
   >> space station's toilet and exercise area.   
   >   
   > Well that is horrifically frightening, and also a great beginning to a scifi   
   > novel.   
   >   
   > If you were a virus/bacteria, wouldn't you try to evolve in order to feast   
   > on the world's most plentiful species, which just coincidentally happens to   
   > be fat and juicy?   
      
   Which is exactly what's happening, of course.   
      
   The Four Horsemen didn't go away just because we developed space travel.   
      
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