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Dala · 2427 days ago · link · · parent · post: Scientists discover the universe has much less phosphorus than we thought, potentially meaning there are fewer aliens
http://periodictable.com/Properties/A/UniverseAbundance.v.log.html If I am understanding this table correctly, there is a whole lot more arsenic out there than phosphorus, so if biology can take a slightly different route, the lack of phosphorus is not necessarily as big of an issue as it might seem (to us who are dependent upon it)?