Comment on Did scientists discover bacteria in meteorites? No.Comments−tocomment15yBy 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?−tokenadult15yPretty 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_arseni...http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-ba...http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/arsenic-life-under...http://www.slate.com/id/2276919/
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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?
Pretty 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_arseni...
http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-ba...
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/arsenic-life-under...
http://www.slate.com/id/2276919/