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Re:Scientists Debate Signatures of Alien Life by EngineerBetter on Monday February 08, 2016 @09:09AM (#11058130)
Thanks for the TL;DR. I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating!
Re:Scientists Debate Signatures of Alien Life by lutusp on Monday February 08, 2016 @12:55PM (#11059651)
> 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."