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Researchers trying to detect life in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert

Washington, Apr 21 (IBNS): Few places are as hostile to life as Chile's Atacama Desert. It's the driest non-polar desert on Earth, and only the hardiest microbes survive there. Its rocky landscape has lain undisturbed for eons, exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation from the sun.