Researchers aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus filmed a dried lakebed formation paved with fractured volcanic rock at a depth of 3,000 meters on the Liliʻuokalani Ridge, within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Researchers aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus filmed a dried lakebed formation paved with fractured volcanic rock at a depth of 3,000 meters on the Liliʻuokalani Ridge, within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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February 26, 2026
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The surprising scientific value of roadkill
Scientists have used the tragic reality of roadkill to study the spread of invasive species, track animals’ dining habits and even discover new…
Alan Cumming, host of the hit U.S. version of the reality competition The Traitors, has a theory about what makes the show so captivating: “We watch people lying, and we know they’re lying,” he said in a recent interview on NBC’s Today….

February 26, 2026
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Chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way has never looked so gorgeous
Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary…

In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen — pairs of conjoined spheres. Now, a new study reveals the simple way in which these mysterious objects might form.
Beyond the orbit of Neptune lie icy…

Scientists at the University of Oxford say they may have cracked the puzzle of the Moon’s magnetic field and settled a debate that has raged since the Apollo missions returned with rock samples.
NASA astronauts brought back evidence suggesting…

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Way, way back in the days when men wore beards and wide-lapelled suits in exotic colors, only NASA had access to photovoltaics and ‘solar’ meant solar thermal. In those days of appropriate technology, it was thought that the ultimate…