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By the way, why does everyone seem to be poo-pooing that arsenic discovery from a few months ago? Did something about it turn out to be fake?
by tocomment 16y ago
By the way, why does everyone seem to be poo-pooing that arsenic discovery from a few months ago? Did something about it turn out to be fake?
- tokenadult 16y agoPretty much everything about the "arsenic-based life" claim turned out to be examples of poor scientific lab technique and poor thinking. There is NOT acceptance in the scientific community that arsenic-based life has been found. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/12/its_not_an_arsenic-based_life.php http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/12/its_not_an_arseni... http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-bacteria-nasas.html http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-ba... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/arsenic-life-under-fire/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/arsenic-life-under... http://www.slate.com/id/2276919/ http://www.slate.com/id/2276919/