"A strange, salty lake in California has yielded an equally strange bacterium that thrives on arsenic and redefines life as we know it, researchers say.
The bacteria do not merely eat arsenic - they incorporate the toxic element directly into their DNA, the researchers said today.
The finding shows just how little scientists know about the variety of life forms on Earth, and may greatly expand where they should be looking for life on other planets and moons, the NASA-funded team said..."
I see some pretty damn weird variants in what passes for intelligent life around here...
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