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Our podcast on science and technology. Confirming whether NASA really has found signs of life on Mars will be an enormous engineering challenge. But an even bigger political one
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Bringing it to Earth for further study will be complicated

A new science—applied astrobiology—is taking shape

Astrobiologists think they could point to more habitable areas on the red planet

The engineering is working at last, but the schedule is still a fantasy

The mission has recaptured some of the enthusiasm of early lunar flights

Our podcast on science and technology. America will soon launch a mission to the Moon. But could China land people on the surface…