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The last step in a long process on “arsenic life”

by danso on 7/24/25, 7:36 PM with 3 comments

  • by uolmir on 7/24/25, 7:48 PM

    Important context to be found in the reporting on this saga, e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/science/arseniclife-retra....

    In short, the authors and NASA strongly disagree with the decision to retract and argue that this is clearly outside of the typical norms for what retraction is supposed to represent. A paper being wrong isn't and shouldn't be the standard for retraction, particularly in this case when the original paper was published with multiple technical responses and rejoinders.