Friday October  2 2015  Jade Fell, assistant features editor Hope for life on Mars after flowing-water discovery Data from a NASA spacecraft has shown what appears to be flowing water on Mars, sparking hopes that the planet could be capable of supporting life. This is the most exciting Mars-related news since the Mariner 4 spacecraft completed its flyby of the red planet 50 years ago, when Earth breathed a disappointed sigh, its hopes of a sister-world shattered by the realisation that Mars was nothing more than a vast, red desert. The discovery of flowing water is big news as it … Continue reading E&T news weekly #64 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week