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[kateorman]

A business show inadvertently broadcast a photo of a cat on a bike in the middle of a report. "A cryptic anti-capitalistic message?" pondered Mediawatch. However, as there was no caption, we have to assume the message was "Your argument is invalid".

There's liquid water on Mars. Ergo, IMHO, there's life. We just have to find the little green

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We just have to find the little green buggers.

[iblis_kukl]

One would think Ice Warriors would be a whole lot easier to spot....

eliazar

Re: We just have to find the little green buggers.

[murasaki_1966]

Maybe they are minature Ice Warriors?

[alryssa]

If you haven't seen the extended, unedited interview with Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, I urge thee to flee to Comedy Central's website RIGHT NOW. It's over 20 minutes of the kind of journalism this country's long forgotten about. I don't know what it says about the media that we're looking to a comedy show to call people on their bullshit these days, but damn, he's totally doing it right.

[kateorman]

Blimey - even just the general air of calm sets it apart.

[alryssa]

No kidding!

[matthewwolff]

The debate is still open as to whether or not liquid water was actually photographed my the Phoenix lander.
Scientists are still debating, and even members of the Phoenix team are unsure. (That second link contains the nifty pics, BTW) Some say the pics are just frost The bad news is that the Phoenix lander found large amounts of Perchlorate on the surface, toxic to all known forms of life. However, the perchlorate could allow water to stay liquid down to -70 C, and there is even thought that perchlorate could form a possible energy source for microbial life. There is also the recent discovery of methane in the atmosphere, a gas that cannot exist long in the Martian atmosphere, and may be evidence for the existence of life there.