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So, is it an alien? Lordling Send a noteboard - 02/12/2010 07:19:49 PM
Looking at the periodic table, phosphorus and arsenic don't seem that different since they have the same amount of electrons on their outermost shell. So the only difference in this bacteria is that P becomes As in the nucleotide (made of arsenic..)? How is that possible? Is the bacteria something that has been around for ages, or something that just developed, or something alien?
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More Important Than Soccer: Completely new type of DNA discovered beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 04:48:51 PM 1621 Views
that is TOTALLY inappropriate LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 04:58:47 PM 839 Views
Of course there is... Jacob - 02/12/2010 05:02:30 PM 832 Views
I saw, I'm just not in the proper habit yet LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 05:35:33 PM 943 Views
Crazy awesome. nossy - 02/12/2010 05:07:49 PM 915 Views
Re: Crazy awesome. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:32:56 PM 751 Views
It's confusing, that's for sure. nossy - 03/12/2010 02:01:11 AM 743 Views
lol, or maybe not nossy - 09/12/2010 07:49:19 PM 1117 Views
So the movie Evolution was real! Stephen - 02/12/2010 05:24:16 PM 843 Views
Nice reference, but not quite. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:32:04 PM 781 Views
Thanks for clearing that up Stephen - 02/12/2010 11:23:36 PM 895 Views
Wow. *NM* Gher - 02/12/2010 05:32:08 PM 471 Views
I love how it was found in a massively polluted lake beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 05:35:22 PM 782 Views
Dang. I thought it was naturally occurring. Missed the part where it was grown in a lab. Gher - 03/12/2010 02:16:16 AM 912 Views
The answer to your question is: Pretty damn cool. *NM* Nate - 02/12/2010 05:33:54 PM 449 Views
Goddamnit I am SO PISSED that I have a meeting at 2!!! Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 05:50:21 PM 736 Views
I won't pretend I know enough about biology to understand the impact of this ironclad - 02/12/2010 06:26:24 PM 900 Views
It's like finding a type of rock that eats laughter beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 06:51:15 PM 742 Views
... without coming down and dealing with the nasty stomach cramps. Joel - 02/12/2010 09:49:06 PM 950 Views
I think I had an ex once that was made of arsenic. *NM* Craig - 02/12/2010 07:10:57 PM 430 Views
Maris? *NM* ironclad - 02/12/2010 07:33:14 PM 466 Views
Well you are made of poison, so that makes sense. *NM* snoopcester - 02/12/2010 07:39:09 PM 424 Views
Curse you, poetic justice! Curse you! Craig - 04/12/2010 03:38:37 AM 917 Views
So, is it an alien? Lordling - 02/12/2010 07:19:49 PM 888 Views
I don't see why it couldn't be natural LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 07:22:49 PM 791 Views
They haven't mentioned anything saying it's not from Earth, I think beetnemesis - 02/12/2010 08:03:44 PM 891 Views
It was funded by NASA, I think Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:15:15 PM 929 Views
lols. *NM* LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:17:40 PM 442 Views
The bacteria in question is part of a known lineage Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:07:34 PM 1125 Views
see my note below LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:13:35 PM 892 Views
Maybe Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 08:23:16 PM 823 Views
it could be there are some in the lake naturally LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 09:00:42 PM 750 Views
Huh! I must have missed that part. *NM* Darth_Katie - 02/12/2010 09:05:15 PM 425 Views
No it isn't! snoopcester - 02/12/2010 07:39:34 PM 897 Views
I really didn't understand that, either. jh - 04/12/2010 10:44:51 AM 907 Views
So, apparently, this bacteria doesn't use arsneic for its DNA in its natural state? LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 08:06:02 PM 789 Views
While awesome, it's a bit of a problem. Ghavrel - 02/12/2010 09:04:22 PM 793 Views
Re: While awesome, it's a bit of a problem. TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:34:34 PM 730 Views
True, but I'm not "looking for" anything in particular, so I just like it *NM* LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 11:09:21 PM 457 Views
It's interesting, but not completely shocking BlackAdder - 02/12/2010 08:08:46 PM 971 Views
Less cool a revelation than I was hoping, but certainly not a complete disappointment. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 10:35:33 PM 420 Views
I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It always seemed common sense to me that there are Tashmere - 02/12/2010 10:40:22 PM 934 Views
I think it just makes them happy that they can widen the parameters for life-sustaining planets. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/12/2010 11:00:31 PM 409 Views
yah. it's one thing to theorize, another thing to find something to hold true. LadyLorraine - 02/12/2010 11:10:23 PM 805 Views
It's much more than an educated guess. Dreaded Anomaly - 02/12/2010 11:59:18 PM 963 Views
You can't "know" from this distance. Tashmere - 03/12/2010 03:13:05 AM 727 Views
Why not? Isaac - 03/12/2010 04:42:15 AM 955 Views
obviously you have not learned to look at the back label on the car *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/12/2010 07:04:42 PM 404 Views
Yes, we can. Dreaded Anomaly - 04/12/2010 06:04:48 PM 1138 Views
The problem probably is with me. Tashmere - 04/12/2010 08:00:56 PM 783 Views
No, they aren't. Dreaded Anomaly - 04/12/2010 10:01:25 PM 803 Views
Depends on how you view evidence, no? Nate - 05/12/2010 04:50:11 AM 1037 Views
There are correct and incorrect ways to view evidence. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 05:42:41 AM 740 Views
Are you baiting me to bait you? Tashmere - 05/12/2010 06:41:49 AM 967 Views
I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 07:26:39 AM 972 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Tashmere - 05/12/2010 07:08:04 PM 767 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 05/12/2010 07:56:43 PM 951 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Tashmere - 06/12/2010 03:15:37 AM 904 Views
Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation. Dreaded Anomaly - 06/12/2010 09:18:51 PM 827 Views
Okay. Tashmere - 06/12/2010 11:22:44 PM 986 Views
I made my students watch the NASA channel for over two hours today Larry - 02/12/2010 11:11:40 PM 697 Views
I watched that and was very intrigued Fox and Ravens - 03/12/2010 01:31:29 AM 666 Views
It's neat, but I object to the circus act Isaac - 03/12/2010 02:52:46 AM 910 Views
yah, and it's kind of shooting themselves in the foot anyways LadyLorraine - 03/12/2010 09:10:21 AM 776 Views
xkcd ironclad - 03/12/2010 10:35:24 AM 949 Views
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