Arsenic-Based Life in Mono Lake — #3 in Top 10 Most Overhyped Science Headlines | Top10Grid
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Arsenic-Based Life in Mono Lake
A 2010 NASA press conference announced bacteria that incorporated arsenic into its DNA, suggesting an alternative biochemistry. The finding was widely challenged and subsequent studies could not replicate the core claim.
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