I had known for a few years now about research that could potentially change ideas about life or at least define something a little better. There are three new interesting groups of things, none of which are consider organisms, but still seem life-like: Nanobacteria, nanobes, and prions. The first two are cool, but the third is by far the weirdest (you may better recognize it as the cause of mad cow disease.
Here are some Wikipedia links (and they have more links on their pages) that discuss them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobacteria
These are very new studies, so nothing is in stone yet. There are even errors on the site, namely on prions. Unlike what the site says,1) they are not linked to parkinsons or alzheimers because these diseases aren't infectious 2)Every organisms possess prion proteins--it is just a pathogenic isoform that causes problems. Anyway, I thought I would throw this out there to share, simply because I found it fascinating and I know many of us think alike, so enjoy.
Something to make you think about "life"
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