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| -NASA Finds New (form of) Life |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 10:03 AM |
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rats, I wanted it to be on another planet |
mainer |
Dec-02-10 10:04 AM |
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Mono Lake looks like it could be on another planet |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-10 10:07 AM |
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What are those forms made of? |
midnight |
Dec-02-10 10:16 AM |
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Mostly calcium carbonate |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-10 10:20 AM |
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Calcium carbonate |
somone |
Dec-02-10 10:23 AM |
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And apparently, the DNA is based on arsenic... |
liberation |
Dec-02-10 11:55 AM |
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EVOLUTION (the movie) QUICK GET THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS |
happygoluckytoyou |
Dec-02-10 05:14 PM |
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My spouse's joke on the cyanide-based life forms - |
truedelphi |
Dec-03-10 01:54 AM |
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I've been swiming there! |
Xithras |
Dec-02-10 12:25 PM |
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When was the last time... |
CubicleGuy |
Dec-02-10 01:56 PM |
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Yes! I have been there too! I couldn't imagine a normal life form coming out of there. |
Loudmxr |
Dec-02-10 06:55 PM |
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LOL! There's a shoreline area on Mono called Sneaker Beach. |
Xithras |
Dec-02-10 11:07 PM |
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Got kin? |
DeadEyeDyck |
Dec-02-10 11:03 PM |
#222 |
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ROCK PEOPLE!1!1!1! |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Dec-02-10 12:33 PM |
#90 |
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It's surprising to realize how "alien" the Earth really is. |
Deep13 |
Dec-02-10 12:48 PM |
#98 |
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That photo is breathtaking!!! |
AnArmyVeteran |
Dec-02-10 01:00 PM |
#107 |
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Tufa! |
JuniperLea |
Dec-02-10 01:06 PM |
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i stopped to get high by that lake and did not know at all |
reggie the dog |
Dec-02-10 02:28 PM |
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Life |
Dumpster Macaine |
Dec-02-10 06:46 PM |
#203 |
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Just what does this have to do w/ cats? |
Botany |
Dec-02-10 10:05 AM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Dec-02-10 10:07 AM |
#4 |
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Does this imply that life evolved at least twice on earth? |
Jim__ |
Dec-02-10 10:16 AM |
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Or some life arrived via panspermia |
NickB79 |
Dec-02-10 10:21 AM |
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Could be either one. We'll see at 2 PM what NASA's theory is. |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 10:32 AM |
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They can't possibly screw it up any worse than we have. |
obxhead |
Dec-02-10 11:04 AM |
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HAAA!! |
BlancheSplanchnik |
Dec-02-10 12:25 PM |
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More likely an adaptation |
niceypoo |
Dec-02-10 10:39 AM |
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Not saying that's wrong, because I'm not smart enough, but |
montanto |
Dec-02-10 11:05 AM |
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It won't be the first time. Expect to see new life forms in the Gulf soon |
TheEuclideanOne |
Dec-02-10 12:15 PM |
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Well, we're talking about bacteria ... |
GOTV |
Dec-02-10 12:36 PM |
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Ok, I can see how all adaptation happens at the DNA level |
montanto |
Dec-02-10 01:36 PM |
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And actually, now that I think of it, all adaptation occurs at the DNA level. |
AlbertCat |
Dec-02-10 02:26 PM |
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NASA says they think it's an adaption |
muriel_volestrangler |
Dec-02-10 12:59 PM |
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successful mutation |
northernlights |
Dec-02-10 04:01 PM |
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We could use the "E" word and piss off the conservatives.... |
Thor_MN |
Dec-02-10 07:39 PM |
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By mutating |
niceypoo |
Dec-03-10 03:40 PM |
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not simple adaption... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Dec-02-10 11:05 AM |
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I've Always Thought That Our Definition of Life Was Ethnocentric |
Yavin4 |
Dec-02-10 12:10 PM |
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I seem to remember an episode of Star Trek... |
ananda |
Dec-02-10 12:57 PM |
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The similarity between P and As is much greater than the similarity between C and Si. |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 02:28 PM |
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Fascinating. |
Duer 157099 |
Dec-02-10 04:06 PM |
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Extremely similar. As for RNA -- not necessarily, but if it is, it is. |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 05:15 PM |
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BTW, I just noticed that they are also saying that the ATP uses As instead too |
Duer 157099 |
Dec-02-10 05:59 PM |
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NO KILL I |
yawnmaster |
Dec-02-10 03:02 PM |
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lol! |
wakemewhenitsover |
Dec-02-10 08:49 PM |
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gaijinlaw |
gaijinlaw |
Dec-03-10 08:05 AM |
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same building blocks that earth based life does. |
AlbertCat |
Dec-02-10 02:34 PM |
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I read that again later... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Dec-02-10 10:28 PM |
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No "adaptation" of an existing normal earth life form could cause this to develop. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-02-10 11:38 AM |
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I think your inner microbiologist |
quakerboy |
Dec-03-10 02:00 AM |
#228 |
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Hardly, if it's made of arsenic. |
caseymoz |
Dec-02-10 11:56 AM |
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Probably pointless to speculate until we know what NASA is actually announcing: |
struggle4progress |
Dec-02-10 11:00 AM |
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Life certainly evolved many times on Earth. Odds are it's evolving in cans of soup right now. |
JackRiddler |
Dec-02-10 11:52 AM |
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link to NASA article |
struggle4progress |
Dec-02-10 01:13 PM |
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Thanks for the link - it clears it up - n/t |
Jim__ |
Dec-02-10 02:12 PM |
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It could mean that it evolved under those extreme conditions. |
backtomn |
Dec-02-10 01:47 PM |
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I want to buy arsenic sea monkeys for my kids this Christmas. Will I be able to? |
Poll_Blind |
Dec-02-10 10:16 AM |
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Unless we have gotten around to reversing Bush's crappy water |
Jamastiene |
Dec-02-10 11:46 AM |
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Only in New Jersey. ; ) |
backtomn |
Dec-02-10 01:47 PM |
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Dec-02-10 10:16 AM |
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No, I don't think it has anything to do with it. |
tavalon |
Dec-02-10 10:28 AM |
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Thread hijacking attempt - FAIL! |
MineralMan |
Dec-02-10 10:41 AM |
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Dec-02-10 01:04 PM |
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Dammit, what did I miss? |
texastoast |
Dec-02-10 02:11 PM |
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NASA discovered Trolls on Uranus. |
Warren DeMontague |
Dec-02-10 02:13 PM |
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Apparently, this thread attracted them like a homing instinct |
texastoast |
Dec-02-10 02:15 PM |
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Some people get really, really angry when confronted with new or interesting data |
Warren DeMontague |
Dec-02-10 02:17 PM |
#145 |
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WOW! n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Dec-02-10 10:19 AM |
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So this is where Republicans come from! |
sellitman |
Dec-02-10 10:21 AM |
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LOL |
Lucinda |
Dec-02-10 10:28 AM |
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No.....this is SCIENCE-based |
backtomn |
Dec-02-10 01:53 PM |
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Yes, toxic. Made of arsenic. nt |
caseymoz |
Dec-02-10 02:34 PM |
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Poison-based, to be sure. nt |
BlueMTexpat |
Dec-03-10 01:45 AM |
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K&R |
drm604 |
Dec-02-10 10:25 AM |
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AWESOME! |
Roland99 |
Dec-02-10 10:31 AM |
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See also: NASA find new lifeform: arsenic microbe widens likelihood of extraterrestrial life |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 10:34 AM |
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I was ready to be disappointed... |
Frisbee |
Dec-02-10 10:38 AM |
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Arsenic & old lace.............humm |
Historic NY |
Dec-02-10 10:38 AM |
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Defining what life is, based only on existing life on our planet, |
MineralMan |
Dec-02-10 10:40 AM |
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I, for one, welcome our new arsenic-based masters. |
zehnkatzen |
Dec-02-10 10:42 AM |
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There are some really awesome pictures of Mono Lake... |
Frisbee |
Dec-02-10 10:44 AM |
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I have assumed this would happen since I was a bio student in college. |
Lisa0825 |
Dec-02-10 10:46 AM |
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NO KILL I |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 11:11 AM |
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Aww I was gonna post a Horta picture /reference! |
TZ |
Dec-02-10 11:53 AM |
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What did they find, a conservative with an actual working brain? |
pattmarty |
Dec-02-10 10:50 AM |
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We shouldn't confuse fantasy with reality |
get the red out |
Dec-02-10 10:54 AM |
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Don't get your hopes up, some things just aren't possible no matter what |
groundloop |
Dec-02-10 10:56 AM |
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I've been to Mono Lake. |
OnyxCollie |
Dec-02-10 10:52 AM |
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Can't wait to hear Bill Nye on this! |
postulater |
Dec-02-10 10:59 AM |
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OK, Here's Bill!!!! |
LongTomH |
Dec-02-10 04:34 PM |
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K&R |
Soylent Brice |
Dec-02-10 11:09 AM |
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A more glorious dawn awaits! (link) |
FailureToCommunicate |
Dec-02-10 11:17 AM |
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Maybe we can enslave them and train them to manufacture our... |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-02-10 11:21 AM |
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Maybe we can find a way to reverse some of the effects of Bush's |
Jamastiene |
Dec-02-10 11:40 AM |
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So WE are the aliens, this isn't our planet |
Baclava |
Dec-02-10 11:22 AM |
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Ruh roh, what if the little arsenic creatures demand we leave, then |
Jamastiene |
Dec-02-10 11:42 AM |
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Purity control! WE must wipe out these arsenic-based lifeforms before they take control! |
Baclava |
Dec-02-10 12:02 PM |
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WE must wipe out these arsenic-based lifeforms before they take control! |
AlbertCat |
Dec-02-10 02:47 PM |
#160 |
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Don't make me paranoid |
Baclava |
Dec-02-10 06:19 PM |
#198 |
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I'm sure our congress people are already working closely |
pokercat999 |
Dec-02-10 02:10 PM |
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You watched Battlestar Galactica redux, too? n/t |
msanthrope |
Dec-02-10 01:52 PM |
#130 |
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I firmly believe the whole 'Alien' movie series was a CIA plot to desensitize us to our true past |
Baclava |
Dec-02-10 05:22 PM |
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Awesone! Can't wait to hear more! nt |
blondeatlast |
Dec-02-10 11:24 AM |
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Dec-02-10 11:28 AM |
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Science-fiction has long predicted something like this.... |
InvisibleTouch |
Dec-02-10 11:34 AM |
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It's easy to be "ahead of the curve" when you don't have to prove anything |
liberation |
Dec-02-10 12:03 PM |
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Only because they don't really understand the chemistry. See my post #169 above. |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 02:30 PM |
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I see a number of possibilities... |
NeoGreen |
Dec-02-10 11:38 AM |
#46 |
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(... and possible implications for theology) Now! Now! Don't upset our "naive realist" friends... |
Joe Chi Minh |
Dec-02-10 06:11 PM |
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Dec-02-10 11:39 AM |
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Maybe this is the key |
Turbineguy |
Dec-02-10 11:40 AM |
#49 |
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Not too many repugs* in California, though... |
Tikki |
Dec-02-10 02:50 PM |
#161 |
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I was hoping they found Obama's spine on another planet |
Democat |
Dec-02-10 11:44 AM |
#51 |
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So was I. LOL |
emilyg |
Dec-02-10 12:58 PM |
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Is there any thread that won't elicit this type of comment?? : ) |
backtomn |
Dec-02-10 01:52 PM |
#131 |
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All we need to do is open our minds |
colorado_ufo |
Dec-02-10 11:45 AM |
#52 |
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I'm not sure this qualifies as a new life form. |
perdita9 |
Dec-02-10 11:45 AM |
#53 |
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To make a determination either way... |
NeoGreen |
Dec-02-10 11:48 AM |
#56 |
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how many other life forms are you aware that use metalloids instead of phosphate for their DNA ? |
liberation |
Dec-02-10 12:09 PM |
#73 |
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None... |
NeoGreen |
Dec-02-10 03:02 PM |
#166 |
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I suppose it will depend on whether the code is the same |
Duer 157099 |
Dec-02-10 05:39 PM |
#193 |
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"It's life Jim, but not as we know it." |
Doc_Technical |
Dec-02-10 11:46 AM |
#55 |
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Wow. Once again we learn that we don't know nearly as much as we like to pretend we do. |
Greyhound |
Dec-02-10 11:49 AM |
#57 |
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Steady, there... |
Joe Chi Minh |
Dec-02-10 06:20 PM |
#199 |
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I think it isn't "bacteria." |
caseymoz |
Dec-02-10 11:51 AM |
#58 |
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In the grand scheme of things, |
Ticonderoga |
Dec-02-10 11:52 AM |
#60 |
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Hey I see the anti-science brigade has checked in! |
TZ |
Dec-02-10 11:56 AM |
#63 |
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I thought The Amish didn't use the internets. n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 12:09 PM |
#74 |
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Gawd did it. That's allz I needs tah know. |
Deep13 |
Dec-02-10 12:32 PM |
#89 |
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Knowledge and new information scare and upset me. |
Warren DeMontague |
Dec-02-10 01:10 PM |
#113 |
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That was the most concentrated pointlessness so far in this thread. |
eyepaddle |
Dec-02-10 12:04 PM |
#69 |
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Yet you'll still use a microcomputer, the internet, GPS satellites... |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 12:08 PM |
#72 |
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Damn right, and they should keep the government off your medicare too! |
liberation |
Dec-02-10 12:11 PM |
#76 |
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BOOOO!! nt |
Deep13 |
Dec-02-10 12:27 PM |
#87 |
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Yes, and to hell with all those spin-off technologies they've contributed to |
14thColony |
Dec-02-10 12:38 PM |
#93 |
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I don't believe it's a zero-sum equation... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-02-10 12:56 PM |
#101 |
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Yes, science and knolwedge never did anything to help people. |
Warren DeMontague |
Dec-02-10 01:08 PM |
#112 |
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I use my knolwedge |
Zebedeo |
Dec-02-10 01:47 PM |
#126 |
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Defund NASA? |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-02-10 01:50 PM |
#129 |
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"Let's burn the observatory so this'll never happen again." |
sofa king |
Dec-02-10 05:23 PM |
#190 |
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And we shall save this planet with ignorance leading the way! |
Dappleganger |
Dec-02-10 02:02 PM |
#138 |
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Did you ever think about how many people NASA employs |
texastoast |
Dec-02-10 02:18 PM |
#146 |
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Learning new things about the universe is teh evul. |
Crunchy Frog |
Dec-02-10 02:46 PM |
#159 |
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The rest of us aren't afraid of science. nt |
Codeine |
Dec-02-10 02:52 PM |
#163 |
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who cares what NASA discovers |
AlbertCat |
Dec-02-10 02:59 PM |
#164 |
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yeah and trying to save the country without science. is like wanting to protect feet |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Dec-02-10 05:18 PM |
#187 |
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To what purpose? |
dbmk |
Dec-02-10 06:31 PM |
#201 |
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Drive by anti-NASA post. Do I have to say it? Yeah I do. FAIL. |
ElboRuum |
Dec-02-10 10:18 PM |
#218 |
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Self-delete... More fail. See what you started?!??! |
ElboRuum |
Dec-02-10 10:20 PM |
#219 |
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I often hear, "X planet can't have no life because there's no water in it" |
rosenthal |
Dec-02-10 11:57 AM |
#65 |
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There are other solvents besides water. |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 12:07 PM |
#71 |
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Ammonia is the favorite alternative. Very abundant on Jovians and near-Jovians. |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 02:39 PM |
#156 |
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Not really, what you may have heard is that Planet X may have life becasue there is water in it. |
liberation |
Dec-02-10 12:19 PM |
#80 |
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Life does not have to consist of the componets that Earth based |
and-justice-for-all |
Dec-02-10 12:01 PM |
#66 |
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Naive? |
dbmk |
Dec-02-10 06:46 PM |
#202 |
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Yes, naive...nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Dec-02-10 07:11 PM |
#209 |
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Why? |
dbmk |
Dec-03-10 02:17 AM |
#230 |
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K&R It would be nice if we lived in a world where this kind of breakthrough... |
Turborama |
Dec-02-10 12:04 PM |
#70 |
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CNN didn't even do one of their breaking news emails... |
Frisbee |
Dec-02-10 01:19 PM |
#118 |
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Can this life form win Dancing With The Stars? |
jberryhill |
Dec-02-10 08:25 PM |
#213 |
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Interesting article on this with link to scientist's website |
suffragette |
Dec-02-10 12:13 PM |
#77 |
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Interesting. |
drm604 |
Dec-02-10 12:40 PM |
#94 |
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Have to admit I get lost at a certain point |
suffragette |
Dec-02-10 01:15 PM |
#117 |
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that's what it is-- here is an excerpt from the original paper.... |
mike_c |
Dec-02-10 07:36 PM |
#210 |
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This is Nobel Prize stuff. |
hunter |
Dec-02-10 12:57 PM |
#102 |
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Arsenic-loving bacteria may help in hunt for alien life |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 12:18 PM |
#79 |
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Did Cheney ever visit Mono Lake? |
DontTreadOnMe |
Dec-02-10 12:20 PM |
#81 |
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When will NASA find intelligent life on this planet? |
RedCloud |
Dec-02-10 12:20 PM |
#82 |
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Still looking. |
Deep13 |
Dec-02-10 12:33 PM |
#91 |
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Holy fucking shit. Aliens, right here on Earth. |
Deep13 |
Dec-02-10 12:24 PM |
#83 |
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BBC: Arsenic-loving bacteria may help in hunt for alien life (with picture of the bacteria) |
Turborama |
Dec-02-10 12:26 PM |
#86 |
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If NASA scientists present this new life form as "ET"... |
Avalux |
Dec-02-10 12:30 PM |
#88 |
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Is this even new info? |
azurnoir |
Dec-02-10 12:42 PM |
#95 |
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Link for the online NASA Broadcast @ 2 |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 12:43 PM |
#96 |
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Cool, but seriously overhyped. |
yodermon |
Dec-02-10 12:47 PM |
#97 |
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Agreed. nt |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 02:32 PM |
#153 |
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No common building blocks? I am pretty sure they use DNA just like any other fish. nt |
thereismore |
Dec-02-10 12:50 PM |
#99 |
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? |
eyepaddle |
Dec-02-10 01:11 PM |
#114 |
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No. P is in the same group with As, so I think they just substituted P for As, but |
thereismore |
Dec-02-10 01:29 PM |
#119 |
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A curiosity more or less deemed impossible. |
dbmk |
Dec-02-10 06:50 PM |
#204 |
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News like this is always exciting to hear. We are too arrogant to |
Paper Roses |
Dec-02-10 12:50 PM |
#100 |
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And nowhere was there any indication that it could be different. |
dbmk |
Dec-02-10 06:57 PM |
#206 |
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Wayyyyy Cool :) |
Guilded Lilly |
Dec-02-10 12:59 PM |
#106 |
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God ia amazing |
Johnny2X2X |
Dec-02-10 01:00 PM |
#108 |
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There are no gods. Only the myths we used to explain what we |
msanthrope |
Dec-02-10 01:53 PM |
#133 |
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Rec^Google |
NeoGreen |
Dec-02-10 03:04 PM |
#167 |
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The God FAQ agrees |
dbmk |
Dec-02-10 06:58 PM |
#207 |
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NO, Goddess is |
texastoast |
Dec-02-10 05:10 PM |
#183 |
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Very cool! |
blackspade |
Dec-02-10 01:05 PM |
#110 |
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NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical |
struggle4progress |
Dec-02-10 01:12 PM |
#115 |
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K&R - So will there be - or has there been - and Arsenic Jesus?...nt |
old mark |
Dec-02-10 01:32 PM |
#120 |
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The NASA biologist lady is SO pretty! n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 01:37 PM |
#122 |
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image of Mono Lake, CA.... |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Dec-02-10 01:42 PM |
#123 |
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This is new in "naturally-occurring" living organisms..... |
backtomn |
Dec-02-10 01:43 PM |
#124 |
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"It's Life Jim, but not as we know it." |
MicaelS |
Dec-02-10 01:48 PM |
#128 |
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Hey, they just did a shout-out to the Horta! n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 01:55 PM |
#134 |
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On the 8th day God created GFAJ-1!!! n/t |
peace13 |
Dec-02-10 01:55 PM |
#135 |
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This could be used to produce bio-fuel without wasting phosphorous required for food fertilizer. n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 01:56 PM |
#137 |
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We'd fertilize with arsenic instead ?? |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 02:40 PM |
#157 |
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Could also be used to clean-up arsenic-tainted landfills. n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-02-10 04:55 PM |
#181 |
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So far as practical uses go... |
hunter |
Dec-02-10 03:11 PM |
#169 |
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Time continues to march on and man's understanding of the universe slowly expands |
Gman |
Dec-02-10 02:12 PM |
#141 |
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repigs wanted arsenic to be legal |
bongbong |
Dec-02-10 02:23 PM |
#147 |
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"this bacteria is made of arsenic" |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-02-10 02:31 PM |
#152 |
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*whistling "Twilight Zone" music* |
Cleita |
Dec-02-10 02:45 PM |
#158 |
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Alas, it's not a naturally-occurring phenomenon |
Geoff R. Casavant |
Dec-02-10 02:50 PM |
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Thanks. That article provides some needed wet blanketry. nt |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-02-10 05:21 PM |
#188 |
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How do you "train" bacteria? |
hunter |
Dec-02-10 08:51 PM |
#215 |
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Genetic engineering industrial waste dumped into the lake? |
valerief |
Dec-02-10 03:09 PM |
#168 |
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Obviously, God put it there to test our faith! |
taught_me_patience |
Dec-02-10 03:27 PM |
#170 |
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This highlights the importance of the Cassini mission |
Althaia |
Dec-02-10 03:41 PM |
#171 |
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I, for one welcome our new Halomonadaceae overlords! |
baldguy |
Dec-02-10 03:47 PM |
#172 |
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HOLY SHIT! This is huge! |
Odin2005 |
Dec-02-10 04:29 PM |
#175 |
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This is pretty major news!! |
SweetieD |
Dec-02-10 04:39 PM |
#177 |
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I like my life-forms in 2 types. Is there a Stereo Lake? |
BlueJazz |
Dec-02-10 04:43 PM |
#178 |
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Oh lord.... |
vduhr |
Dec-02-10 06:31 PM |
#200 |
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:) :) |
BlueJazz |
Dec-02-10 07:08 PM |
#208 |
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I for one |
skyounkin |
Dec-02-10 04:44 PM |
#179 |
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Could this necessitate a new kingdom? |
coti |
Dec-02-10 04:54 PM |
#180 |
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This is not quite right. They forced the bacteria to accept arsenic into its DNA. |
Bolo Boffin |
Dec-02-10 05:03 PM |
#182 |
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How many new nucleotides does this discovery yield? |
derby378 |
Dec-02-10 05:11 PM |
#184 |
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why can't it be a gene mutation? Uses arsenic instead of P |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Dec-02-10 05:32 PM |
#191 |
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It would have to be a whole slew of mutations, imho |
Duer 157099 |
Dec-02-10 05:46 PM |
#194 |
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Perhaps not. |
ElboRuum |
Dec-02-10 10:05 PM |
#216 |
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it is an adaptation-- the mechanism isn't known yet.... |
mike_c |
Dec-02-10 07:46 PM |
#212 |
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Whoa! |
vduhr |
Dec-02-10 05:34 PM |
#192 |
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r |
mdmc |
Dec-02-10 06:04 PM |
#196 |
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They didn't have to go that far... They only had to |
RoccoR5955 |
Dec-02-10 10:15 PM |
#217 |
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but I've not been so excited about a bacteria since my STD tests came back clean |
BlueCollar |
Dec-02-10 10:47 PM |
#221 |
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Cool! and to think at one point Mono Lake was endangered. |
NuttyFluffers |
Dec-02-10 11:13 PM |
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I'm willing to bet that those bacteria is more intelligent than |
Chisox08 |
Dec-03-10 01:04 AM |
#225 |
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A hypothesis worth testing |
Duer 157099 |
Dec-03-10 03:46 PM |
#234 |
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I'm all for it in the interest of science of course |
Chisox08 |
Dec-04-10 04:54 AM |
#235 |
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I loved this news story this morning (PST).Thanks for posting it. |
David Zephyr |
Dec-03-10 02:13 AM |
#229 |
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Attack of the Arsenic and Old Lace Creature!...nt |
Evasporque |
Dec-03-10 06:27 AM |
#231 |
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