Nasa will announce that it found life on Titan - Page 3

Dave · 12-02-2010, 03:21 AM

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I approve of Orion Slave Girls.

Dibs on diora baird!

Homeslice · 12-02-2010, 11:19 AM

Well, so much for that.

pauldun170 · 12-02-2010, 01:12 PM

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ow-it-on-earth

Homeslice · 12-02-2010, 01:32 PM

So, arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in cells...........But could those cells have originated in a phosphorus-free environment? Unless that question in answered, the idea of arsenic-based life is unproven.

pauldun170 · 12-02-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

So, arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in cells...........But could those cells have originated in a phosphorus-free environment? Unless that question in answered, the idea of arsenic-based life is unproven.

True...

Papa_Complex · 12-02-2010, 02:57 PM

I jumped into the middle of the press conference but apparently they took microbes and forced them to assimilate arsenic in their code, by putting them in an arsenic environment, with no phosphorus, that otherwise had everything that they needed to survive. They state that at least one of the arsenide proteins occurs spontaneously at room temperature, which comes from work done in the 1980s, rather than being a new finding.

No ETs.

Rangerscott · 12-02-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ow-it-on-earth

She sounds like a 1st grade teacher reading a book.

Particle Man · 12-05-2010, 08:50 AM

Figures.

Dave · 12-05-2010, 12:10 PM

wasnt there an old star trek episode about this? or was it silicon?

Particle Man · 12-05-2010, 12:11 PM

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wasnt there an old star trek episode about this? or was it silicon?

Horta. Silicon.

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12-02-2010, 11:19 AM	#22
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Well, so much for that.

12-02-2010, 01:32 PM	#24
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	So, arsenic can take the place of phosphorus in cells...........But could those cells have originated in a phosphorus-free environment? Unless that question in answered, the idea of arsenic-based life is unproven.