Electrothrix yaqonensis—a cable bacteria discovered along the coast of Oregon—has the remarkable ability to conduct electricity. Today, human society is powered by the artificial electricity generated by turbines, nuclear reactors, and photovoltaics. But the very first investigations into the wonders of electricity were biological in origin. Electrothrix yaqonensis in honor of the Yaqo’n people on whose ancestral lands the discovery was made, this bacteria is particularly adept at conducting electricity. A rare feature among bacteria, Ca.