Viking Landers Might Have Missed Martian Organics 82
Sonny Yatsen writes "A new study suggests that the Viking Landers might have found organic compounds on Mars, but failed to recognize them because of the methodology used to detect organics. The findings may suggest specific strategies that would improve on the way organic compounds are detected on the red planet."
The Post (Score:2, Insightful)
Haha, I read this post on Slashdot a couple of minutes ago. Nice job, guy, completely ignoring the article and just rushing to get the first post.
Re:The Universe (Score:4, Insightful)
/. is no longer hip to the world.
If it's "new to you" and you are reading the firehose, it gets clicked up, then the bots that have replaced the admins click on all the ones that are sticking up above all the others and they get conveyor-belted to the front page.
Occasionally, the admin who snuck the "Idle" page in will grab one that tickles his cat's fancy, but that's about the only variation in the zombie conga line that passes for a meme stream here any more.
Re:The Universe (Score:5, Insightful)
And yet despite all this, comparing to all others, it is still the best discussion site on the net.
Re:Another New Study... (Score:3, Insightful)
The difference being that Carl Sagan said it (and he said a lot of things), this study has shown it. One is PR puffery, one is science. There is a difference.