Did 'Martian' methane signal come from Earth? - space - 23 December 2010 - New Scientist

Did 'Martian' methane signal come from Earth? - space - 23 December 2010 - New Scientist

This can't be right! The Martians are playing with us! Doom!

See original NASA story.

News Alert, Ozzie Osbourn has Neanderthal Genes!

From New Scientist

 Are you really smarter than a Neanderthal?

What image first comes to mind when you think of a Neanderthal? Chances are you picture a brutish, subhuman figure &#8211 a cliche that survives in the face of mounting evidence that they were inventive, creative and cultured. Perhaps it's time we accepted that Neanderthals were people too? This week's lead feature examines that proposition. Elsewhere this week: we investigate the danger of unreliable paternity tests; find out how to create temperatures below absolute zero; and in the latest edition of our subscriber-onlyInstant Expert, cognitive biologist W. Tecumseh Fitch explains how we think language evolved.

Sumit Paul-Choudhury, online editor

Weird Arsenic-Eating Microbes Discovered? Yes. Finding E.T.? No. - NASA Watch

Weird Arsenic-Eating Microbes Discovered? Yes. Finding E.T.? No. - NASA Watch

This, combined with deep sea worms existing on chemicals from ocean floor chimney's make it more likely that we will find some type of life away from earth. Perhaps the 1976 Mars lander did find life...just life with a different chemical basis.