#false headlines

9-30-2015 Waters of Mars

Once again, the headlines proclaim “Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars.” “There is liquid water today on the surface of Mars,” Michael Meyer, the lead scientist on Nasa’s Mars exploration programme, told the Guardian (9/28/15). Satellite images of Mars only show streaks on its surface, which are assumed (without proof!) to be the result of water. But no water has yet been…