Mono Lake Discovery Raises Questions: Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? (POLL)

Mono Lake Discovery Raises Questions: Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? (POLL)

The discovery of a new form of bacteria that lives off arsenic in California's Mono Lake has led many to speculate about the existence extraterrestrial life forms.

The New York Daily News reports:

In a bombshell that upends long-held assumptions about the basic building blocks of life, scientists have discovered a a whole new type of creature: a microbe that can live on arsenic. It is unlike every other lifeform on the planet - from the simplest plant to the most complex mammal

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