New Scientist: Venus' Atmosphere Implies Life

WolfWithoutAClause writes "This New Scientist article says that the atmosphere of Venus has features that may only be explaineable by the existence of life in its upper atmosphere. In particular it has cartain chemicals which are extremely difficult to make inorganically. At the altitude where life is suspected the temperature is about 70C and about 1 atmosphere. There are gases there which are not naturally found together. The article suggests something is actively producing them, quite possibly, life."

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exaggerated article title

[Anonymous Coward]

The New Scientist article title is "Acidic clouds of Venus *could* harbour life." To summarize, the New Scientist article basically says that Venus could have life, but nobody really knows for sure. But the slashdot article title is "New Scientist: Venus' Atmosphere Implies Life." Give me a break. I suspect Slashdot exaggerated the content of the posted article just to get page hits. Also, New Scientist is not one of the more reputable science news sites on the net (even though /. likes to link to their articles).

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The Quit Slashdot Movement for some better quality "new for nerds" sites.

Re:We have Found Lando Calrissian's Hideout

[Anonvmous Coward]

As if anybody visiting this site would know how to find a life. Heh.