Comments on: New study suggests "arsenic life" is actually a phosphate glutton http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/new-study-suggests-arsenic-l.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Neuron http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/new-study-suggests-arsenic-l.html#comment-1554834 Neuron Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186766#comment-1554834 [Having completed the 16-step login:] I've always been surprised that our cells can distinguish between hydrogen and lithium. Scientific American had an article, probably in the 1980s, about the profound effects of lithium. The article is titled something like "How Lithium Works in the Body". The article wandered all around that topic before conceding that we have no idea how it works. [Having completed the 16-step login:]

I’ve always been surprised that our cells can distinguish between hydrogen and lithium. Scientific American had an article, probably in the 1980s, about the profound effects of lithium. The article is titled something like “How Lithium Works in the Body”. The article wandered all around that topic before conceding that we have no idea how it works.

]]> By: Jeb Adams http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/new-study-suggests-arsenic-l.html#comment-1554676 Jeb Adams Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186766#comment-1554676  If you like it so much, why don't you /marry/ it? Oh wait, I see you did. And you took her name, how romantic.  If you like it so much, why don’t you /marry/ it? Oh wait, I see you did. And you took her name, how romantic.

]]> By: MrScience http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/new-study-suggests-arsenic-l.html#comment-1554507 MrScience Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186766#comment-1554507 I love science. So very, <i>very</i> much. I love science. So very, very much.

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