The North Sea Is Hiding a Whole Country Beneath It
Ancient DNA pulled from North Sea sediments is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about Ice Age Europe — and filling in a conspicuous gap in human prehistory.
Earth Sciences
Earth Has a Gravity Hole Under Antarctica
The weakest point of Earth's gravitational pull sits beneath a frozen continent. The slow deepening of that anomaly may be what built the glaciers that regulate global climate.
Earth's Magnetic Shield Has a Dent That Just Got Half a Continent Bigger
Our planet's force field has a growing weak spot over the South Atlantic. Could it signal a pending magnetic pole reversal?
Something Noisy Below Tuscany Turned Out to Be on Fire
Beneath Tuscany's vineyards and medieval hill towns, a surprise the size of Yellowstone waits.
Water Is Both a Liquid and a Liquid. The Wording is Not a Mistake.
Lightning That Forgot Which Way Is Down
There's lightning that shoots upward toward space — and scientists are still piecing together how it works. What else is the sky hiding above the clouds?
The Amazon Has a River That Boils. No Volcano Required.
A river in the Amazon nearly reaches boiling point — with no volcano anywhere nearby. Scientists have a theory. They'll admit it's not quite an answer.