In a popular show, the Horta is a silicon-based lifeform.
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Silicon-based
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The biology on this globe is carbon-based. Some have speculated that there could be silicon-based forms of biology elsewhere in this universe. There yet could be plasma-based biology. There could be incorporeal biology. There could be other probabilities.
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"We scanned the alien lifeform, and it seems to be silicon-based." "Amazing!"
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Is there silicon-based life?
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