Another View: Life on Mars? How about life on Earth?

Here’s some exciting news. I guess.

It appears that until 3 billion years ago, Mars was partly covered by water, at which time its atmosphere was blown away by the solar wind. But a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that an enormous amount of water is still trapped in the pores of volcanic rock beneath the surface of Mars.

Water implies the possibility of life. Michael Manga, study co-author and professor at the University of California...