The Quanta Podcast

Audio Edition: The Cells That Breathe Two Ways

April 30, 2026·13 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time. The story The Cells That Breathe Two Ways first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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