Science retracts controversial ‘arsenic life’ paper

In a major editorial decision, the journal Science has officially retracted a famous and fiercely debated 2011 paper that proposed the existence of an “arsenic-based” life-form.  The original study claimed that a microbe, GFAJ-1, isolated from California’s arsenic-rich Mono Lake, could grow by substituting the toxic element arsenic for phosphorus. The provocative claim challenged aContinue reading “Science retracts controversial ‘arsenic life’ paper”
The post Science retracts controversial ‘arsenic life’ paper appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.