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Arkansas resident GT Hill purchased a missile silo, decommissioned in the 1980s, for $90,000 in 2010. He spent $800,000 over 10 years converting the space but doesn’t recommend others try … Read More
A Hiker Found a 280-Million-Year-Old Lost WorldFluxFactory – Getty Images A stunning fossilized world containing remnants of amphibians, skin prints, plants, and seeds was discovered in the melting glacier ice … Read More
Name: Green spoonworm (Bonellia viridis) Where it lives: Seabeds in the northeast Atlantic, from the Mediterranean to northern Norway What it eats: Organic matter filtered from the water and small … Read More
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Woolly mammoths, giant … Read More
As Sanchez navigated the scenic trails near cascading waterfalls, his attention was drawn to a small, peculiar bird perched amidst the coastal vegetation. The creature’s striking blue-gray plumage, accentuated by … Read More
Scientists found that the little windows in the heart cockle shells stream more than twice as much useful sunlight into their interiors for their algal tenants than harmful UV radiation. … Read More
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary edge-on view of the spiral galaxy UGC 10043, a rare perspective that highlights the unique structure of this cosmic marvel. Located … Read More
Astronomers got lucky. NASA has confirmed over 5,780 worlds beyond our solar system, called exoplanets. But it’s rare to detect a juvenile, still-maturing planet, because they inhabit chaotic systems that … Read More
Filip Stedt/University of Gothenburg When scientists peered beneath one of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, they were surprised to find an upside-down landscape of peaks, valleys and plateaus. “We were surprised … Read More
Using one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth, astronomers have witnessed an intimidating 2-million-mile-per-hour (3.2-million-kilometer-per-hour) smash-up between galaxies at a dangerous “cosmic crossroads,” the site of multiple previous collisions. … Read More
