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NASA Confirms Discovery of Organism With Phosphorus-Free DNA

Posted by timothy on from the well-it's-not-that-shaggy dept.

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."

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  1. Meme Me by wynterwynd · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new "I, for one, welcome our new arsenic-based overlords" comment thread.

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