Topic: NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical

[sam]

NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth.

might not be little green men but still quite cool: http://goo.gl/f9NoX

[Clive]

Yes, in its own little way this is a sensational story.  Life Jim but not as we know it.   

[sam]

... well not quite, but almost, as we know it anyway

[Clive]

Or not, as the case may be.  Sadly another case of wishful thinking.   

http://www.slate.com/id/2276919/

[sam]

more reliable reporting - http://www.pc-pals.com/smf/science-nature/critics-raise-doubts-on-nasa's-arsenic-bacteria/

[Clive]