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Balon, a recently discovered “hibernation factor” protein, is shockingly easy to come by in nature. Present in 20% of all cataloged bacterial genomes, the protein establishes dormancy by throwing sand in the gears of cellular machinery that build proteins. www.quantamagazine.org/most-life-on...

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