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Re:Microbes use arsenic in their DNA: Proves phosphorus is ... by albertzeyer on Thursday December 02, 2010 @03:01PM (#1963448)
I'm not a biologist but:

Assuming that arsenic life just adapted, we don't know if it is possible that arsenic life can evolve in a non-earthlike environment or not, do we?

I.e. we don't know if life can evolve in a non-earthlike environment.

Re:Microbes use arsenic in their DNA: Proves phosphorus is ... by senorprogrammer on Thursday December 02, 2010 @05:13PM (#1963889)
Well, no. To know that we'd have to find it to act as proof. What this finding does is expand the bounds of the environments in which searching for life is viable. In other words, we can now consider other temperature ranges and chemical soups and compare them against a new baseline for viability.