Electrochemical potential enables dormant spores to integrate enviro signals

'integrating' is a complex way of saying 'stuff leaks across a boundary slowly, and eventually when enough has leaked it triggers the spore to wake up'

Bacteria count sheep in their sleep. Brilliant!

This is a beautiful piece of Science! And please ignore those fighting about the title edits..

a strong contender for best headline of the year

Would be nice to read the whole article

Spore op-amps?

Please change the headline to &quot;Electrochemical potential enables dormant spores to integrate environmental signals&quot; per Hacker News guidelines.<p>From the guidelines:<p>&gt; Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don&#x27;t editorialize.