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Scientists Find 'Dark Oxygen' Deep Below Sea Level - What Is It?
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (490+ words) What if it could solve all of our energy problems? Nestled between Hawaii and the western coast of Mexico lies the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a 4.5 million-kilometer-square area of abyssal plain bordered by the Clarion and Clipperton Fracture Zones. Although…...
Scientists Say They’ve Solved Part of Stonehenge’s Biggest Mystery
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (305+ words) A new theory proposes that glacial ice moved its heaviest stone. In a new study published in the Journal of Quaternary Science, researchers admit they haven’t definitively proved how the stone got from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland to…...
Uh, We’re Running Out of Sand—And It’s a Bigger Problem than You Might Think
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (359+ words) We mine more sand every year than any other solid material, and scientists warn that we’re taking more than the planet can replenish. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, humans have gotten immensely adept at taking more than the…...
Geologists May Have Found One of the World’s Greatest Treasures. Some Say It’s Too Dangerous to Dig Up.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (356+ words) A massive trove of copper, gold, and silver sits lies beneath the Andes—but extracting it could come with a dark price. However, an initial mineral resource estimate completed in 2025 suggests that the companies in charge of mining this area…...
Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (553+ words) It’s okay if this weirds you out. Evolution has a crab problem. Over time, several crustacean lineages have arrived at a broad, low, crab-like body even when they didn’t begin as true crabs. Scientists call that pattern “carcinization,” and we’ve…...
Earth’s Hidden Eighth Continent Is No Longer Lost
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (505+ words) We’ve finally mapped all of Zealandia. Zealandia had so much promise as the eighth continent on Earth—until about 95 percent of the mass sunk under the ocean. While the majority of Zealandia may never host inhabitants—at least, not land-based…...
All Life on Earth Can Be Traced Back to One Common Ancestor | The Astounding Pop Mech Show | Episode 01
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (80+ words) Popular Mechanics All Life on Earth Can Be Traced Back to One Common Ancestor | The Astounding Pop Mech Show | Episode 01 Pop Mech Explains Space Concepts The Pop Mech Longevity Course Pop Mech Explains Precognition A Part of Hearst Digital Media…...
Death Valley Is Littered with Boulders. They’re Mysteriously Moving on Their Own.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) In 1915, a prospector surveying what’s now Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park noticed large stones with tracks behind them, suggesting they moved on their own. It took a century, but......
Elements That Power Our World Are Alarmingly Elusive. Scientists Have a Treasure Map to Lead Us Right to Them.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (307+ words) You might say it’s like striking gold, but these elements are much more valuable than that. Deep in Earth, there could be troves of a type of undiscovered treasure more valuable than any diamond or ruby or sapphire: rare earth…...
This Volcano Is Cleaning up Its Own Environmental Disaster
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (313+ words) Hunga Tonga created the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century—then cleaned up its own mess. Now, more than four years after that impressive volcanic display, a new study in the journal Nature Communications details a completely surprising new fact…...