4 ms·
Odd that Northrop Grumman are publishing this. Otherwise the point about phosphorous relative importance (in terrestrial biochemistry) vs abundance is new to me
by le-mark 4y ago
Odd that Northrop Grumman are publishing this. Otherwise the point about phosphorous relative importance (in terrestrial biochemistry) vs abundance is new to me, very interesting.
- Lastodon 4y agoMy first thought as well. What's in it for them? Planning a pivot toward space based defence assets perhaps? How forward thinking.
- kypro 4y agoHonestly I'm questioning the quality of this website. Seems like it's largely one guy writing low-effort clickbait science articles, likely to raise public awareness of the Northrop Grumman brand and some of their focuses - space, sea, STEM, automation, cyber security, etc. https://now.northropgrumman.com/aliens-in-the-ocean-is-sea-ing-believing/ https://now.northropgrumman.com/aliens-in-the-ocean-is-sea-i... https://now.northropgrumman.com/proof-of-mermaids-science-tells-the-tail/ https://now.northropgrumman.com/proof-of-mermaids-science-te...
- mannykannot 4y agoWRT phosphorus: this article also brings up the microbes (found in Mono lake) which have allegedly substituted arsenic for phosphorous in their biochemistry. As far as I know, this claim has been refuted, or at least dialed back to their being remarkably arsenic-tolerant. https://www.monolake.org/today/mono-lakes-arsenic-tolerant-microbe-is-back-in-the-news/ https://www.monolake.org/today/mono-lakes-arsenic-tolerant-m...