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I tried to make a pun in the title of my post<\/a> about the NASA-funded discovery of a bacterium that adapted to not merely survive in an arsenic-abundant environment, but incorporate arsenic in its own chemical composition. But the blog The Deeps Of Time<\/a><\/i>\u00a0came up with a better one: \u201cArsenic and Old Lakes<\/b>.\u201d<\/a> Well done! On behalf of pun-lovers everywhere, I salute you!<\/p>\n

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I tried to make a pun in the title of my post about the NASA-funded discovery of a bacterium that adapted to not merely survive in an arsenic-abundant environment, but incorporate arsenic in its own chemical composition. But the blog The Deeps Of Time\u00a0came up with a better one: \u201cArsenic and Old Lakes.\u201d Well done! 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