The Secret Life of Bacteria

[The Procrastinator]

I heard an absolutely fascinating show on the radio a couple of days ago about research into the private lives of bacteria and what they found there! It really caught my imagination - we have no idea what kind of universe we all contain. Amazing stuff about possible cognitive behaviour, memory and learning, communication and social activity - observations that are so tempting to "anthropomorphise" of course, but if they were describing any other creature you wouldn't hesitate to say "these creatures are thinking on some level". War of the Worlds eat your heart out.

ABC RN All In the Mind - The Secret Life of Bacteria
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2396857.htm
The link will take you to the home page of the segment, where you can access a transcript, audio streaming, or mp3 download as you prefer. Well worth listening to!