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Life on Pluto?
EccentricAnomaly writes "The BBC is reporting that new models of icy moons in the outer solar system predict that oceans (as in liquid water oceans) may be much more common than previously thought. Even Pluto and Neptune's moon Triton now appear to be good candidates for a liquid ocean under their ice. This is exciting because life has been found on Earth in environments similar to these icy oceans at Antarctica's Lake Vostok."
Water that far out from the sun? I'm very skeptical. Its possible that a molten core can warm it enough to have a sea underneath the water, I suppose, but it seems to me that this wouldn't be nearly enough heat. Its so easy to make silly speculations about something that is nearly impossible to verify.
you forgot the religious zealots. extra-terrestrial life of any sort is a problem too often set aside for later debate ... actually finding some would mean -way- more fun discussions at the dinner table. i wouldn't mind.