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Alien Rain Over India

tintinaujapon writes "The Observer is reporting that scientists may have found the first evidence of panspermia, the idea promoted by Hoyle (among others) that life on earth was seeded from space, in samples of a strange rain which fell over India for two months in 2001. To quote the article: "There is a small bottle containing a red fluid on a shelf in Sheffield University's microbiology laboratory. The liquid looks cloudy and uninteresting. Yet, if one group of scientists is correct, the phial contains the first samples of extraterrestrial life isolated by researchers."" This is a continuation of a story two months back or so.

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  1. news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nothing to see here. move along.

  2. Finally! Now we know ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... where TripMaster Monkey came from!

  3. Sphynxiums! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am the first to comment on this pathetic article, My name is DaemonZoids of the Skatsium, I here to destroy all.

    Fare thee well, microPsylom ! May the SarenGonath protect`th thee !

  4. I for one.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    welcome our cloudy red uninteresting extraterestrial overlords.

    Lets hope they're not pissed we locked up their mates in a bottle on a lab shelf.

  5. That was on digg yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    By the way... first post !

  6. Sorry but... by grennis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I read about this on digg days ago.

    Sorry, but it's true.

    1. Re:Sorry but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And so helpful that you told us that.
      If it weren't for your alruistic newsgathering efforts, I don't know where slashdot would be.

      You know, some people go through life complaining about every little thing.
      I'm glad that you've taken the time to make a difference instead of just complaining.

  7. Meanwhile in Kansas ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... a young farming couple wonders what the red meteor was that ended up falling apart over India.

    Yuck.

  8. What?!?! by DarkNemesis618 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No secret government cover-up? I'm shocked.

    --
    What's the matter, James? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?
  9. In Soviet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia we keep rain in cardboard boexs

  10. Slow news day? by Max+Threshold · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This article adds what, exactly, to the previous article?

  11. Re:Questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "That begs the question" ... No it doesn't. That does not mean what you think it means.

  12. Re:Questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Anonymous Coward" is a pseudonym for Inigo Montoya.

    You modded me offtopic... prepare to die.