A genuine diamond planet

[Sorontar]

Elite is part of the inspiration for 0x10c, Notch's latest game (0x10c continues)

[Atavism]

Originally Posted by Deweyoxberg

Never understood why science limits search for life to water-dependent life forms... or why the limit only looks at carbon based organisms.

Maybe because when it comes to carbon based life, we already have some vague idea of what to look for. As opposed to just randomly looking for whatever and hoping we stumble across something.

[Irimar]

Originally Posted by Deweyoxberg

Never understood why science limits search for life to water-dependent life forms... or why the limit only looks at carbon based organisms.

That periodic table is huge, just sayin'.

Probably because carbon is the only element we know that's capable of forming the kind of complex molecular bonds that allow for more than just a small number of fairly simple molecules to be built from it.