Trust me, that argument won't work. ;-) On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Jeffery Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious about the particulars, e.g., if their DNA uses As in place of P, > does their RNA do so as well? Is their habitat devoid of P? > > I'm never surprised when a living thing takes advantage of an unfilled niche, > but this development is kind of weird. It means that several questions on my > final exam (given to my students Thursday and yesterday) are probably flawed > now. > > Jeffery > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2010, at 7:34 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> Looks like the on-line version of "Science" that Cotty referenced has >> additional content that didn't arrive in time to be included in the current >> print issue. >> >> From a layman's point of view all the article says to me is the old Sci-Fi >> shibboleth about "Silicon based life forms" isn't so far out of the realm of >> possibility as the critics once claimed, i.e. that there are other chemical >> processes that can be "life" beyond those we are commonly familiar with. >> >> For me, the only real surprise is that these guys managed to get funding for >> their research in the current anti-Science climate that prevails here in the >> U.S. >> >> >> From: Jeffery Smith >> >>> Not in my latest issue of Science, but hopefully soon. >>> >>> Jeffery >>> >>> On Dec 3, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Cotty wrote: >>> >>>> > On 3/12/10, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>> > >>>>> >> Yeah, I want to see this in Science or Nature >>>> > >>>> > Like this? >>>> > >>>> > <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2010/12/01/science.1197258> >>>> > >>>> > BBC: >>>> > >>>> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943> >>>> > >>>> > HTH >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > Cotty >>>> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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