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The most intriguing part of the announcement, which took place at the American Geophysical Union's annual fall meeting, was the statement that Curiosity has discovered "organic compounds" in the Martian dirt.

In a true demonstration of scientific rigor, Mahaffy began his speech by saying there was "no definitive detection to support organic compounds" on Mars. He then began to explain how Curiosity's latest experiments show levels of carbon and chlorine ...