Aliens. For real this time.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Damn, I can't give arsenic mojo.

Is that positive mojo or negative mojo?

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Is that positive mojo or negative mojo?

It depends on the party you are attending, I suppose.

That is a very funny comic strip!

When I first read the article, I was hoping for a silicon based life form as well! So many other things from Star Trek have come to pass in one way or another. Still, it is pretty cool.

One thing I'm unclear of, it would seem that the implications are that this bacteria are new. I understand that the discovery is new, but do we know if these bacteria have been there as long as the lake has? And can it be found anywhere else on the planet?

If it is to be used as a pawn in the game of creationism vs evolution, wouldn't we need to know when it came to be? Couldn't God have created it as well? I don't think He would have to work within a set of rules He created.

Or, does the plain fact that this form of life was able to substitute arsnic for phosphorus enough to prove evolution?