Title: Silicon chemistry, and its consequences for silicon-based life Abstract: The “Silicon Lifeform” is a common trope in modern science fiction, but can such life really occur naturally?  The role of silicon in terrestrial lifeforms is minimal, for reasons that have to do with differences in the behavior of carbon and silicon in ambient settings. […]

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