October 11, 2012 03:31 pm PDT
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New study suggests "arsenic life" is actually a phosphate glutton
Remember arsenic life? In 2010 NASA researchers thought they'd found evidence that certain bacteria could use arsenic in their DNA where all other forms of life on Earth use phosphate. Then it turned out their research was really flawed. Then it turned out they were wrong. In general, there was a to-do. Fast forward to [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LZC7FMITsRU/new-study-suggests-arsenic-l.html
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