“Retracted Study: ‘Arsenic Life’ Debunked After 15 Years”
A 2010 claim that a microbe could live on arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by Science magazine due to lack of convincing evidence. A press release from Science in 2010 announced the discovery of a bacterium found at California’s Mono Lake, which allegedly swapped out phosphorus for arsenic. The find was significant, as … Read more