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Exotic Biochemistry

The Agency That Cried "Awesome!"

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Biomolecules, Burden of Proof, Nasa, Astrobiology, Exotic Biochemistry, Publicity Circus, Arsenic, Phosphorus, Scientific Process, Extremophile, Hype, Technology News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

NASA should not have to resort to circus acts as the price for doing science. It's in such circumstances that violence is done to process, to rigor, to integrity.

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Arsenic and Odd Lace

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Arsenic, Hype, Nasa, Phosphorus, Extremophile, Biomolecules, Astrobiology, Exotic Biochemistry, Technology News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

It was clever of NASA to disclose its "amazing astrobiology discovery" right around budget-cutting time. But they should have better managed the hype -- and kept squarely in their memory the tale of the boy who cried wolf.

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