The universe could be full of elements that have similar properties that we haven't discovered yet.
It is the claim that we "know" things like that that bothers me. It wouldn't bother me a bit if they just said that according to what we do know the most likely elements are hydrogen and helium.
It is the claim that we "know" things like that that bothers me. It wouldn't bother me a bit if they just said that according to what we do know the most likely elements are hydrogen and helium.
More Important Than Soccer: Completely new type of DNA discovered
- 02/12/2010 04:48:51 PM
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Wow. *NM*
- 02/12/2010 05:32:08 PM
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that is TOTALLY inappropriate
- 02/12/2010 04:58:47 PM
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Crazy awesome.
- 02/12/2010 05:07:49 PM
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So the movie Evolution was real!
- 02/12/2010 05:24:16 PM
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Wow. *NM*
- 02/12/2010 05:32:08 PM
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Dang. I thought it was naturally occurring. Missed the part where it was grown in a lab.
- 03/12/2010 02:16:16 AM
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I won't pretend I know enough about biology to understand the impact of this
- 02/12/2010 06:26:24 PM
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It's like finding a type of rock that eats laughter
- 02/12/2010 06:51:15 PM
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... without coming down and dealing with the nasty stomach cramps.
- 02/12/2010 09:49:06 PM
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I think I had an ex once that was made of arsenic. *NM*
- 02/12/2010 07:10:57 PM
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So, is it an alien?
- 02/12/2010 07:19:49 PM
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They haven't mentioned anything saying it's not from Earth, I think
- 02/12/2010 08:03:44 PM
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The bacteria in question is part of a known lineage
- 02/12/2010 08:07:34 PM
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see my note below
- 02/12/2010 08:13:35 PM
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Maybe
- 02/12/2010 08:23:16 PM
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So, apparently, this bacteria doesn't use arsneic for its DNA in its natural state?
- 02/12/2010 08:06:02 PM
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While awesome, it's a bit of a problem.
- 02/12/2010 09:04:22 PM
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True, but I'm not "looking for" anything in particular, so I just like it
*NM*
- 02/12/2010 11:09:21 PM
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*NM*
- 02/12/2010 11:09:21 PM
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Less cool a revelation than I was hoping, but certainly not a complete disappointment. *NM*
- 02/12/2010 10:35:33 PM
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I don't understand why this is such a big deal. It always seemed common sense to me that there are
- 02/12/2010 10:40:22 PM
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I think it just makes them happy that they can widen the parameters for life-sustaining planets. *NM*
- 02/12/2010 11:00:31 PM
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yah. it's one thing to theorize, another thing to find something to hold true.
- 02/12/2010 11:10:23 PM
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It's much more than an educated guess.
- 02/12/2010 11:59:18 PM
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You can't "know" from this distance.
- 03/12/2010 03:13:05 AM
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Why not?
- 03/12/2010 04:42:15 AM
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obviously you have not learned to look at the back label on the car
*NM*
- 04/12/2010 07:04:42 PM
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*NM*
- 04/12/2010 07:04:42 PM
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Yes, we can.
- 04/12/2010 06:04:48 PM
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The problem probably is with me.
- 04/12/2010 08:00:56 PM
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No, they aren't.
- 04/12/2010 10:01:25 PM
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Are you baiting me to bait you?
- 05/12/2010 06:41:49 AM
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I'm just carrying on a conversation.
- 05/12/2010 07:26:39 AM
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Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation.
- 05/12/2010 07:08:04 PM
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Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation.
- 05/12/2010 07:56:43 PM
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Re: I'm just carrying on a conversation.
- 06/12/2010 03:15:37 AM
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I made my students watch the NASA channel for over two hours today
- 02/12/2010 11:11:40 PM
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