@rocketjoh... (Peter Johnsen)
Peter Johnsen,... @rocketjoh... · 22h
TIL that ocean mud is electrically conductive because it contains 3 kilometers of bacterial nanowire per square cm
That seems like a lot??
[Image: close-up microscopy/macro photo of ocean sediment/mud showing dense webs of thin white filamentous bacterial nanowires against dark mud, with warm orange light at the top and bottom edges]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A biology trivia tweet about bacterial nanowires in ocean sediment enabling electrical conductivity — general science curiosity item, not directly tied to AI safety themes.