During the whole arsenic life kerfuffle, chemist Steven Benner expressed his skepticism early and often. He wrote one of the eight critiques that Science posted last week, six months after the initial paper.
Last night Benner sent me an email:
Carl:
I have now blogged on this, since the cycle of publication at Science is rather slow.
Steve
To which I can only say: Heh. And, Read it!
Originally published June 3, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.