It's life, but not as we know it

[ToSeek]

Scientists Confront 'Weird Life' on Other Worlds (http://space.com/scienceastronomy/astrobiology_nrc_040507.html)

I don't see John Kierein's gas cloud critters on the list.

[TravisM]

Those were the blobs that floated in gas giants, eh? This is a broad topic.

"Make me a life detector. Don't make it specialize in carbon-bassed life forms, but don't exclude carbon-bassed life forms either. I want silicon-bassed, arsnic-bassed, carbon-bassed, did I say carbon already? Oh, and germainium-bassed... all on one chip."