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Likely scenario: they found ancient life forms in lake Vostok, deep below the Antarctic ice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok http://en.wikipedia.org/w
by iwr 16y ago
Likely scenario: they found ancient life forms in lake Vostok, deep below the Antarctic ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok
- j_baker 16y ago...or they didn't. :-) Though I am curious: why are they announcing this via a press conference? It seems as though they would publish a paper to be peer-reviewed or something first.
- 27182818284 16y ago> It seems as though they would publish a paper to be peer-reviewed or something first They did. The link mentions that it is under embargo until the time of the conference. It says "Science Journal" so I'm guessing that is an odd way of referring to the journal Science. The italics are a bit off to me. Maybe they meant "Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2"
- VladRussian 16y ago"Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2"
- robryan 16y agoThe past track record though on these things seems to indicate though that these press conferences fall more into the very interesting discovery for scientists and those who follow it, rather than ground breaking discovery that hits the front pages in general publications. Although saying that if something truly ground breaking were discovered it wouldn't surprise me if it were announced in the same way.
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