New discovery - possible extraterrestrial life

[Godwynn]

It would be a huge discovery, but I think it would turn out to be negative. If whatever this is fell on his house, how could he seperate it from what was picked up in the air from the earth?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Great post! Let's hope it is extra terrestrial. If this red goop rained down, what happened to what was not collected? Is it out there? Alive? Growing and getting ready to take o...

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

Oh snap. Maybe they are darleks.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Excelent article .

Please keep us posted on how this research evolves. I doubt i'll hear anything on the news. These kinds of news are usually omited.

 

[SupremeC]

Whoa, looks good. But don't get too excited about this. Remember what happened to that South Korean guy. I do really hope it is a genuine case though.

 

[Winner]

Nice, how long will it take before these things eradicate all DNA-based life on Earth?

 

[Perfection]

Nice, how long will it take before these things eradicate all DNA-based life on Earth?

Don't worry, I got a whole crapload of "Head & Shoulders" just in case they stop by.

 

[Willowmound]

Great post! Let's hope it is extra terrestrial. If this red goop rained down, what happened to what was not collected? Is it out there? Alive? Growing and getting ready to take o...

Ha ha! This is the coolest thing I have read all week, possibly the coolest thing this side of Christmas. If they turn out to be aliens, well, then it's the coolest thing ever. (I can't believe this hasn't made the evening news!)

 

[MjM]

I dont think its ET's.

 

[aaglo]

That's cool news
I think I'm a believer

 

[classical_hero]

I hate to spoil this, but life must mean that you can reproduce without a host and since they need a host to survive, then they are not life.

 

[Narz]

Awesome!

 

[Willowmound]

I hate to spoil this, but life must mean that you can reproduce without a host and since they need a host to survive, then they are not life.

Are you talking about our red 'alien' firends? According to the article, they do reproduce on their own.

 

[SupremeC]

I hate to spoil this, but life must mean that you can reproduce without a host and since they need a host to survive, then they are not life.

Does that mean viruses are not alive? Just checking.

 

[Urederra]

Nice, how long will it take before these things eradicate all DNA-based life on Earth?

The day of the triffids mwaaaahhahahahaha....

Does that mean viruses are not alive? Just checking.

Well, according to my biology teacher, they are not, because they don't comply with the three rules of life;

• they don't reproduce by themselves (They need the reproductive machinery of a cell)
• They don't interact with the enviroment (no phototaxia, no quimiotaxia, etc)
• They don't assimilate substances from the exterior and incorporate them to their body (no anabolism/catabolism)

but my microbiology teacher says that they are living organisms, and they are given a binomial taxonomic name just like other living organism.

 

[SupremeC]

Right.... Can we introduce them to each other?

 

[Urederra]

Well, they already know each other, and I left the university some years ago. I still write what they said in present, just because I have good memories from there.

 

[Sidhe]

IIRC from what I read about this it's not exactly a majority view that these are in fact from space, the debate is still raging as far as I know, but I'd advise you don't take it at face value, at least until the case is closed.

Sorry to be a wet blanket.

I'd put up a few links but the website in questions archive has bombed.

 

[Winner]

The day of the triffids mwaaaahhahahahaha....

Yeah, I've read that book, it's a good one But triffids were at least multicellular plants...

 

[Shaihulud]

I want an independant collection of the samples. The primary source of the sample is contaminated in my opinion, by a biased Scientist. How do we know where he got those 'things', maybe from a hotspring and not from the sky as he say and if it was multiplying. Then there should be multiple source of this organism found around the site of the rain.