Indeed, the ramifications of this breakthrough are much larger than fighting climate change. An editor from the Guardian told me: "these new life forms can also fight terrorism, drunk driving and The Others."

When I asked if this development had any relevance in areas other than cliche current event subjects, he said "Absolutely. Since we know have an answer to where life comes from--the lab--humans won't have to waste all that time with existential talk and can spend more time reading the Global Warming and terrorism stories in our great news media."