NASA discovered a new life form on this planet that does NOT share its building blocks with ANYTHING on this planet. I'll wait while you reread that sentence. *files nails*
It's a bacteria. Here's a quote from the article, "All life on Earth is made of six components: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. Every being, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, share the same life stream. Our DNA blocks are all the same." The article can be found at: http://gizmodo.com/5704158/nasa-finds-new-life?skyline=true&s=i
Only this little bacteria has replaced phosphorus with arsenic. Yea.... wicked bugger....
What this implies is that life can exist on another planet that DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE EARTH. Oh really? We're allowing for the possibility that we haven't figured everything out and there may be laws that are higher or different than ours? How big of us! How enlightened....
I don't want to take away from the hugeness of this discovery, I just get tickled that we continue to reinvent the wheel on possibilities.
This doesn't really have much to do with Christmas, except for the fact that Ellen Degeneres' Twelve Days of Christmas is coming on so I have to tune off and covet her audience.
Joy to the world....
Seriously....
except for that little piece of arsenic-driven bacteria....
The little bacteria that could....
Could what?...still waiting to find out....
:)
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I wonder where they found it and have we been eating it? hmmmmm...
It was found in a toxic lake in California.
Have we been eating it?...not unless my brother cooked it....
zing!
I love Ellen!!!!
Ellen is great fun. I saw her live years ago...front row, center. Great great fun.
BOOH!
Which is "hoob" backwards. Hello, Blase.
:)
Between you and Jojo I'm going to learn so much! Looking forward to the journey Deborah!
Sandra-back at cha, girlfriend!!!
I remember thinking that very thing when I was a little girl! Why do we think life is only like we know it??
I have to laugh and say DUH yes?
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