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2.6 Billion-Year-Old Water Found in Deep Mine

Posted May 16, 2013 11:50 AM

From Discovery News:

The ancient water could host ancient life and could be a sign that Mars, too, could host ancient water and life.

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05/16/2013 2:17 PM

Bill who discovered it says it tastes a little salty.

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06/18/2013 4:07 PM

Who knew?

I did, it does taste salty.

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05/17/2013 3:40 AM

Isn't extrapolation a wonderful thing?

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05/17/2013 8:19 AM

Mark Twain said:

"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact."

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05/17/2013 12:23 PM

Proof that water does not evaporate

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05/17/2013 1:45 PM

Isn't all the water on earth 4.5 billions years old?

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05/17/2013 6:11 PM

Didn't you check the expiration date?

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05/20/2013 8:48 AM

Then why does bottled water have a use-by-date?

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05/20/2013 1:06 PM

Because it's GMO? (Guaranteed Managed Obsolescence)

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