In current conditions, probably not. But I think it's actually likely that life did exist on mars tens of millions of years ago.
When I was growing up we all learned that Earth was the only planet that could support life. We also learned that we was the only planet that had water. " What school did you go to?
Earth is the only known planet that can support life. That's a big difference from saying it's the only planet that can support life. Also, H2O is the most abundant molecule (which isn't diatomic) in the galaxy.
Water/Ice make up the comets, the ice caps on Mars, there's a bit of it on the "southern" portion of the Moon, Europa has more water on it than they Earth has, and so on... It's pretty much everywhere. As to the heart of your question, there's probably no life on Mars right now. If life does exist, then it'd have to be in some underground pool that's getting heat energy from somewhere.
If I were to bet, I'd say that life is more likely on Europa than on Mars.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.