Before the Aliens, the Amino Acids | Space & Physics | | | | | Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries from the Weizmann Institute of Science Before any wrinkled, wide-eyed creature from a distant civilization asks to be taken home, the first success in the search for life beyond Earth might be more prosaic. A clue could emerge from a handful of molecules in a Martian rock, a grain of ice ... [6876 chars]