Ahoy! There’s phosphine in yonder clouds of Venus! Not excited? Well, some scientists are joyously farbrenging, because the garlic-odorous, explosive gas seems to have been detected in the morning star’s atmosphere, and is produced in nature, at least here on Earth, only by decaying organic matter—that is to say, stuff that was once alive. It’s … Continue reading Phosphine and Fantasy // A shmek of garlic in Venusian clouds