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May 1, 2019

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean

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In oxygen-poor parts of the ocean, some microorganisms survive by breathing arsenic. This holdover from the ancient Earth was not thought to still exist in the open ocean.

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