Arsenic life: My take on the backlash at Slate

Published December 7, 2010

Slate asked me to take a look at the scientific reactions emerging to last week’s big news about arsenic-based life. I got in touch with a dozen experts, and let’s just say, the results weren’t pretty. Check it out.

[Image of Mono Lake by .Bala via Flickr, under Creative Commons License]

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