Science fiction has long imagined silicon-based life on alien worlds, such as the rock-eating Horta from Star Trek. Now, scientists have shown that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules, the building blocks of life on Earth.
Science fiction has long imagined silicon-based life on alien worlds, such as the rock-eating Horta from Star Trek. Now, scientists have shown that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules, the building blocks of life on Earth.
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