The Obelisk– Lifeforms hiding in humans

Scientists have just discovered new "lifeforms" inside our bodies. Tiny bits of RNA, smaller than a virus, colonize bacteria inside our mouths and guts and have the power to transfer information that can be read by a cell.

- By Tim Newcomb

We're not sure if it's exciting or not that scientists have just discovered new "lifeforms" inside our bodies. Tiny bits of RNA, smaller than a virus, colonize bacteria inside our mouths and guts and have the power to transfer information that can be read by a cell.

Dubbed "wildly weird" by the team of Stanford University scientists who discovered them, these microbes now have a name: obelisks. And we...don't really know their end goal.