From the shadows to the spotlight to the dustbin – the rise and fall of GFAJ-1

Six months ago a paper appeared on the Science Express pre-publication site of the prestigious journal Science . It came from a group of NASA-funded researchers, accompanied by the full NASA publicity hoopla, but it was harshly criticized by other researchers, with almost all agreeing that it was so seriously flawed that it should never have been published

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From the shadows to the spotlight to the dustbin – the rise and fall of GFAJ-1