Okay, so maybe there is nothing to the recent observation that a Pathfinder photo of a Martian rock has strange tube-like structures that could be fossils. But one of these days, one of these stories about life in the universe is going to be right. And then everybody who DIDN\u2019T get all excited is going to feel pretty silly, aren\u2019t they?\n\nPlus lots of other stories and GEEKOUT.\xa0\n\nNews stories discussed:\n\nIncredible 'Hypatia' Stone Contains Compounds Not Found in the Solar System\n\nYou\u2019re Descended from Royalty and So Is Everybody Else\n\nCuriosity Rover Spots Weird Tube-Like Structures on Mars\n\nThe World Needs More Scientists: How We Can Train Millions in Virtual Labs\n\nA crowdfunding platform aims to solve the puzzle of aging\n\nThe First Mind-Controlled VR Game Will Hit Arcades in 2018\n\nPulse 47: CRISPR Made Spectacular Advances in 2017, More to Come in 2018\n\nGEEKOUT:\xa0\n\nNAD+ update.\xa0\xa0\n\nAlso:\n\nEngadget\u2019s picture of a 50 qubit quantum computer looks steampunk awesome:\xa0\n\nhttps://goo.gl/zDKKUS\n\nWT 393-705