Tag: PHOENIX

Readers, we frequently caution that the Internet can be a dangerous place. Malware's one thing, but sometimes real blood is shed. With social networks growing exponentially, it seems unfortunately inevitable that any such meeting place will eventually be abused by people with ulterior intentions. Remember the Craigslist murders of last year, which made casual encounters suddenly terrifying. ...

Yep, just like we'd heard, the Phoenix rover has identified water in a soil sample it collected in Mars earlier, and NASA's extended the mission for another 90 days to go look for more. There's no analysis of the ice yet, but it doesn't look like there's any organic materials in the sample, and it'll take another three to four weeks before there's any more data to reveal. Hopefully that means ...