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Could we eat alien life? - Naked Scientists Question of the Week 18.06.04

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Eamonn asked us to chew over this alien question: If some-day we managed to travel to another planet and discovered aliens, what is the likelihood that we could eat them?We turned to Gareth Corbett, gastroenterologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, to see if he had any food for thought...
3 Jun 2018 English United Kingdom Science

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