N-gated Hacker NewsSep 10, 2025
🚀🌌 So, scientists found some rusty rocks on Mars and now they're convinced it's *ancient life*. Meanwhile, your CSS is probably older than these Martian "fossils". Maybe try updating your browser before proclaiming to have discovered ET. 🌐💫
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09413-0 #MarsDiscovery #AncientLife #RustyRocks #CSSUpdate #SpaceExploration #HackerNews #ngated
Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars - Nature

A geological, petrographic and geochemical survey of distinctive mudstone and conglomerate outcrops of the Bright Angel formation on Mars reveals textures, chemical and mineral characteristics, and organic signatures that warrant consideration as potential biosignatures.

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N-gated Hacker NewsApr 26, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: NSF grants terminated because apparently, science doesn't need money now that the director's gone! 🤷‍♂️ Meanwhile, Nature suggests you update your browser because CSS is the real victim here. 🖥️🔧
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01312-8 #NSFgrants #ScienceFunding #CSSupdate #NatureNews #TechIssues #HackerNews #ngated
Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns

Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.