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NASA Confirms Discovery of Organism With Phosphorus-Free DNA
GNUALMAFUERTE writes "As we mentioned before, NASA's Department of Astrobiology had an important announcement to make today. It looks like Gizmodo was right. You can watch the presentation online right now. It looks like the bacteria in question uses arsenic as a phosphorus replacement in its DNA."
It's life Jim, but not as we know it.
The question from USA Today about not pulling E.T. out of a hat makes me depressed. I doubt that if there was an actual extraterrestrial life form it would be put on stage. At best we'd get autopsy pictures after they kill it from running tests.
Cheer up, the broadcast is still going. They're just using the phosphorus-free DNA as a red herring to make the final part more shocking. You know, the last minute where they reveal Bush tied to a chair, take a good grip on his nose, and pull off the human mask to reveal a reptilian overlord beneath.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
How I am supposed to poison the darn thing now??!?!
how long until
It replaces MOST phosphorus atoms with arsenic, but not all.
Correct. It replaces the rest with old lace.
I want my money back!!!
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Cheer up, the broadcast is still going. They're just using the phosphorus-free DNA as a red herring to make the final part more shocking. You know, the last minute where they reveal Bush tied to a chair, take a good grip on his nose, and pull off the human mask to reveal a reptilian overlord beneath.
and he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!
since the general public will be goings "Arse-whaat"
No. That's what your mom said.
This is what girls used to tell me... always.
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where they reveal Bush tied to a chair, take a good grip on his nose, and pull off the human mask to reveal a reptilian overlord beneath.
Don't they have to rip the Obama mask off first to reveal Bush underneath?
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it's Presidents all the way down.
rewriting history since 2109
I wonder if they found the Old Lace component yet.
For conscience is the wound, and there's naught to staunch it
Same tree of life.
Oh, you wacky evolutionists! Everyone knows that God doesn't mention this lifeform in Genesis, so it must be either (a) an analytical error, (b) a test of faith, or (c) a trick by Satan meant to deceive us. No proof of evolution here - move along...
That is all.
Man, don't you see? They got poison for holding together their DNA. That's not just a trick of Satan, that's Satan's own DNA! The Enemy is growing his spawn right there in California (not that anyone would be surprised by that). The end is near! Repent! Bible-based science - it works, bitches!
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
Same tree of life.
So this is the microorganism that turns us into Pak protectors?
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
I accept your apology.
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