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Ground-penetrating radar reveals a long-lost river system hidden under the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL/UCLA/UiO/ETH Zurich) ...

A prehistoric plant distills water so intensely it looks it came from space. Researchers at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a common, prehistoric plant distills water to such an ...

Maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen, recounts a day of scuba diving in Lake Mendota ...

Cocaine didn't make its way across the Atlantic until after the Spanish invaded. So how did cocaine end up being found on ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

The “9D” refers to nine distinct layers of engineered audio combined with sustained conscious breathing for 45 minutes to an ...

A windy day at Allan Hills in December 2022. (Peter Neff/COLDEX) The rapid climate change we are experiencing today is mainly ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

Multiple spacecraft and rovers have now detected what appears to be an extensive network of ancient river channels hidden beneath the Martian surface, buried under layers of lava and sediment that ...

Using its ground-penetrating radar instrument known as RIMFAX, Perseverance peered deeper beneath the Martian surface than ever before, revealing geological structures buried as far as 115 feet below ...

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