Re:Scientists Debate Signatures of Alien Life
by EngineerBetter on Monday February 08, 2016 @09:09AM
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Thanks for the TL;DR. I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating!
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Re:Scientists Debate Signatures of Alien Life
by lutusp on Monday February 08, 2016 @12:55PM
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> I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating!
Imagine there was a rule that popular-press science articles were required to have an abstract that candidly summarized the article:
Title: "Is there life elsewhere in the universe?"
Abstract: "We have no idea, and this article doesn't change the status quo."