NASA Discovers New Form of Life

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I read that verbatim as one prediction of what the big announcement would be.

Absolutely amazing.

[Turd Ferguson]

Well, when they evolve, we can't eat them because they're composed of poison.


Awesome.


Also, I'm glad to see that this theory was able to be proven on Earth. I mean, I'd always figured it was arrogant to think that all life in the universe must require exactly what we require.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

I, for one, welcome our new arsenic bacteria overlords.


That said this does open a whole new door in the discussion around extra-terrestrial life. If strands of life can be formed by what we deem as poison, who knows what could be out there. I agree with what Smarky Smark said above.

[Deleted]

Well then, that means there's only one thing to do:

We must destroy every strain of bacteria carrying this strain of DNA to ensure that we remain the dominant lifeforms of the universe.

All kidding aside, I'm interested to see this press conference to learn more

[Deleted]

Okay. NASA - finding a new form of life........on Earth?

This is cool news, but I thought NASA would be looking in space for this kind of stuff, not California.

[Mozenrath]

The implications here are astounding. It's always been theoretically possible that a life could follow another path, we never really had proof. This basically shows that quite a number of things could be possible components of life, opening up many worlds to possible life.

Dec 2, 2010 12:57:33 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

Okay. NASA - finding a new form of life........on Earth?

This is cool news, but I thought NASA would be looking in space for this kind of stuff, not California.

They do that, but they generally try to hone their techniques on earth. It's a hell of a lot cheaper, and we at least know we'll find something, even if we don't know what.

[chazraps]

As Frank Stallone would sing:

"Take it Bacteria - doo doo doo doo"

[lildude8218]

just what we needed, ANOTHER new Pokemon.

[Yami Daimao]

Dec 2, 2010 13:10:25 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

just what we needed, ANOTHER new Pokemon.

And it's a Poison type, that was found in a lake, which means it has to be a Water/Poison type..*looks at below at sig*...

O___O

Yeah, we're f***ed.

On a more serious note, that's pretty damn amazing. I look forward to reading more updates about this, here, at The 'Crap!

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[Red Impact]

We've found bacteria in environments such as active volcanos and deep ocean vents, places were life was previously thought to be impossible. From then on, it stood to reason that life, especially bacteria that have an extremely short generation time, could evolve using elements that other forms of life can't.

As for finding life elsewhere, I don't think it was so much arrogance as in "we know everything about life and it's impossible for genetic structures to be different." It was just that we could only search for what we knew it to be. If you take out that basic reference point, you go from searching for a needle in a haystack to a specific raindrop in the ocean.

[B'Cup x]

SWEET, this is awesome news

[aka Cthulhu]

Hah, I can see it now: scientists play around with new bacteria, then one second later BOOM! and hello zombie apocalypse. Hello Sharktopus girl who's chewing my legs off.

Seriously, this is pretty amazing.

[Joe Galt]

Dec 2, 2010 12:57:33 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

Okay. NASA - finding a new form of life........on Earth?

This is cool news, but I thought NASA would be looking in space for this kind of stuff, not California.

Some people like to say that California is like another planet. Close enough.... I guess.


*Just joking to our Cali brethren*

[Yami Daimao]

Dec 2, 2010 13:31:33 GMT -5 aka Cthulhu said:

Hah, I can see it now: scientists play around with new bacteria, then one second later BOOM! and hello zombie apocalypse. Hello Sharktopus girl who's chewing my legs off.

Seriously, this is pretty amazing.

I was also going to say too, this sounds a lot like a plot to an '80s sci-fi/horror movie.

[who throws a shoe?!]

This is awesome.

I'm also glad to hear that it doesn't need the same things as us to live. I've been saying that this is a possibility for years but no one seemed to get why I thought that.

[Deleted]

IT'S PIKACHU!!!!

But seriously this sounds scary. It was found in the poisonous Mono Lake, California. It was found in poison! It's probably a poisonous head crab. OH GOD WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! SAY GOODBYE TO ALL YOUR LOVED ONES AND MAKE PEACE TO WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IN AND WITH YOURSELF!!!!!!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWGHHHHHHH

[The Booty Disciple]

I'm guessing you guys never paid attention in high school chem or bio 1010...

This is stunning news.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Dec 2, 2010 13:36:09 GMT -5 Yami Daimao said:

Dec 2, 2010 13:31:33 GMT -5 aka Cthulhu said:

Hah, I can see it now: scientists play around with new bacteria, then one second later BOOM! and hello zombie apocalypse. Hello Sharktopus girl who's chewing my legs off.

Seriously, this is pretty amazing.

I was also going to say too, this sounds a lot like a plot to an '80s sci-fi/horror movie.

I have a fallout shelter, if anyone's interested.

[Pervy Stone Cold]

There's already a lifeform that is more interesting in the depths of the ocean that doesn't even need sunlight.

[Orange]

It already amazes me that we continue to find animals that we didn't know existed, so I'm blown away that we have found a different life form