so basically they are looking for fart gas
http://science.time.com/2012/11/20/a...history-books/
which is commendable & all but from there to actual bacteria/dna/etc? a long step. though it would be fucking cool. fingers crossed and i hope the news don't disappoint.
the anti-science crowd of course decries research as if it was all a zero-sum game. it's not. having earth-centric creationism shattered would be such a delight in and of itself.