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Is this Mars' watershed moment?

Shad talks to Clive Thompson about the discovery of water on Mars and what it says about our obsession with going to the Red Planet.
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Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on Mars inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water are seen in an image produced by NASA. (University of Arizona/JPL/NASA/Reuters)
Q6:34Why we're all freaking out about flowing water on Mars

Following the discovery of liquid water on Mars, Shad checks in with q's go-to tech guy, Clive Thompson. He explains why so many are freaking out about the new finding and what it says about our cultural obsession with the Red Planet. 

"It's looking like we may not be alone — not just in the cosmos but even in our own solar system," says Thompson.

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