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NASA Mars tank Curiosity rolls on old WET PATCH, sighs, sniffs for life signs

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Re: sounding stupid

Maybe, if this was 1945, or even 1955...but in 2013 the term is outdated, and somewhat negative (much like your "open your trap, insert foot" comments). Oh, and these are modern-day NASA scientists--largely American--not James Bond's "Q". They deserve to be called such, not tagged with a lowbrow British slang term.

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sounding stupid

Wonderful that you to produce science-related articles, but your continued insistence on using the term "boffin" to refer to scientists is dated and sounds ignorant.

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