DURING the recent hoo-ha about the meteorite from Mars which may, or may not, provide evidence of life there, many science magazines overlooked one angle: profit.
According to NASA, only 12 meteorites known to be from the Red Planet have ever been found. Competition for even a tiny fragment is now so intense that at known sites of meteor landings, says the paper, "you might find four or five dealers...standing around becoming animals".
MEANWHILE, a colleague was thumbing through some old copies of
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