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- 1Amoebas kept dividing at scorching 63°C, study finds●At California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, researchers used barbecue tongs to reach a narrow stream. Back at Syracus
Researchers collected samples from a hot stream in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park using barbecue tongs, then raised the temperature on an amoeba in Syracuse University labs from 57°C to 60°C. At 63°C the organism was still dividing, raising questions about how its intricate cellular machinery keeps functioning under such heat. The findings shed light on the limits of life at high temperatures.