Controversial ‘arsenic life’ paper retracted after 15 years . . . A controversial paper 1 claiming that an extraordinary microorganism can thrive on the toxic element arsenic has been retracted by the journal Science, nearly 15 years after its original publication
Controversial ‘arsenic life’ paper retracted from Science After almost 15 years, the influential scholarly journal Science has retracted a controversial paper about the discovery of a microbe able to use arsenic instead of phosphorous in its biochemical
Fifteen years later, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper . . . Today the journal has retracted the work But instead of closing the books on one of its most infamous papers, the decision has stirred the old controversy—and sparked new debate on when the scientific record should formally be “corrected ” Several long-standing critics of the research applaud the retraction