Science Retracts Controversial ‘Arsenic Life’ Paper 15 Years ...

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It seemed like a true revelation in 2010: bacteria had been discovered in a Californian lake that used toxic arsenic in their DNA—instead of phosphorus, like all other life on Earth. But fifteen years later, the journal Science retracted the publication announcing the discovery, to the dismay of the discoverers and their colleagues. The discovery was widely publicized in 2010 in a high-profile press release and a press conference organized by NA…