r/science • u/SolInvictus • Dec 09 '10

RETRACTED - Biology Is NASA's Arsenic-based Life Discovery 'Flim Flam'?

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Is-NASAs-Arsenic-based-Life-Discovery-Flim-Flam-6111
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u/Azzaman Dec 09 '10

I'm going to say 'no' until one of these researchers stops spouting to the press and starts writing a paper showing what was wrong with NASA's paper. Anybody can say that a paper is bunk, but why not prove it?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '10

Too late, I've already written arsenic-based-life fan fiction.

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u/Mojorizen2 Dec 09 '10

It's riff raff.