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The Freya Hydrate Mounds Lie Over 11,940 Feet Below the Surface — and They’re Teeming With Life
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (352+ words) Learn more about the Freya Hydrate Mounds, the deepest known methane seep in the Arctic, and the creatures that call it home. At about 11,942 feet (3,640 meters) below the surface of the Greenland Sea, methane is leaking steadily from the seafloor....
A Rare Parasitic Plant Lives Underground Without Photosynthesis and Reproduces Asexually
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (297+ words) Learn how an underground plant is redefining what plants need to survive. Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them " a parasite that lives underground, lacks…...
Mount Etna Erupts During the Holidays, Ending an Active Volcanic Year in a Grand Finale
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (419+ words) Learn more about Mount Etna's most recent eruption and why 2025 had a series of activity that fascinated researchers. On Christmas Eve 2025, deep within Sicily's Mount Etna, it started to rumble again. Although Mount Etna is one of the most active…...
New Models Reveal If Neanderthals and Modern Humans Ever Met on the Iberian Peninsula During the Old Stone Age
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (471+ words) Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. Discover more about the findings. Travel back a hundred thousand years to Paleolithic Europe, and you might find Neanderthals building fires,…...
Wolf Supermoon, Fiery Meteors, and a Planet Parade Make Early 2026 an Astronomical Feast
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (532+ words) Learn more about the year's first supermoon and other early 2026 astronomical events you don't want to miss, including a planet parade and fireball meteor showers. The first full moon of 2026 will light up the night sky on Saturday, January 3, offering…...
Mold Is Feasting on Radiation in Chernobyl’s Abandoned Nuclear Plants
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (431+ words) Learn more about this mold's ability to withstand high levels of radiation and how it could prove useful to astronauts looking to build long-term bases on Mars. The Chernobyl disaster unleashed over one hundred radioactive elements into the atmosphere, devastating…...
What Is the Sun's Magnetic Field and Why Is It Important?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (559+ words) Learn why the Sun's magnetic field is just as important as Earth's and its impact on our planet. The Sun is a highly magnetic star with lines of magnetic energy churning in all different directions. And unlike the Earth, which…...
Scientists Are No Closer to Finding a Cure For the Common Cold — Here’s Why
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (727+ words) Learn more about the common cold, the viruses that cause it, and why it's so difficult to find a vaccine for it. In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common cold. Price dubbed his discovery the…...
The Tiny Black Piranha Has a Bite Force of 70 Pounds — How Is This Possible?
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (750+ words) Learn more about piranhas, why they have such a powerful bite, and why there are so many misconceptions around them. In 1914, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was traveling in Brazil when locals set up a demonstration of sorts. They had barricaded…...
Titan’s Subterranean Liquid Oceans May Actually Be Slush
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (578+ words) Learn more about Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and the mysteries that lurk beneath its icy surface. Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the only known celestial body other than Earth to have liquids on its surface, has been extensively studied by…...