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Old 12-02-10, 01:46 PM   #1
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Default A new chemical basis of "life".

From a scientific standpoint, this finding is hard to be overestimated.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943

I personally am convinced that "life" needs to be understood as being able to form up on completely different chemical basis than life on Earth, means: not only on a carbon-basis as we humans of planet Earth usually tend to define life.
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