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Switzerland Built a Second Country Under the Alps and Few Noticed
More than 1,400 tunnels. Over 2,000 kilometers of carved rock. A hidden network so vast…
Articles by Dr. Lauren Mitchell
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A 15-Meter Creature Found 6,000 Meters Down Left Scientists Rarely Speechless
Six thousand meters beneath the surface of the ocean, where no sunlight reaches and the…
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Carl Sagan’s View of the Cosmos Still Challenges Human Pride Today
More than 500 million people in 60 countries watched Carl Sagan explain the cosmos through…
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Alaskan Dream Cruises Shut Down Just Before the Season — Travelers Left Waiting
Just weeks before Alaska’s cruise season was set to begin, one of the state’s most…
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The SR-71 Blackbird Left Japan on Saturday and Landed on Friday
What if a plane landed before it ever took off — at least according to…
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Radar Scans Beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza Just Raised New Questions
The Great Pyramid of Giza has been studied, measured, and debated for centuries — and…
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Moon Dust Held a Material Scientists Thought Only Labs Could Make
A material that engineers have spent decades learning to manufacture in controlled laboratory conditions has…
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The Most Expensive Material on Earth Is Not Gold — It Saves Lives
At $27 million per gram — roughly €23 million — californium-252 makes gold look like…
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A 1983 Citroen BX Sat Locked in a Barn for 38 Years — Until Now
A sticker on the rear window said it all: “Loves driving, hates garages.” The cruel…
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Plastic Rocks Found on a Remote Beach May Outlast Us All
On a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic — roughly 1,100 kilometers off the…