Monday 5 July 2010

Beyond Life


Scientists have been looking for biomarkers produced by extraterrestrial life with metabolisms resembling the terrestrial ones, where water is used as a solvent and the building blocks of life, amino acids, are based on carbon and oxygen. However, these may not be the only conditions under which life could evolve.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090918101720.htm

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