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On this week's episode of the Best of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: lizard bubble breathing, ancient puberty, zapping an ...
The area is popular among free divers, who plunge deep into open water without a scuba tank, hitting depths that would make a ...
"One of my crew, an old salty dog who sailed on boats all over the Pacific, said he’d never seen anything like it..." ...
While fish and many other aquatic animals take air directly from the water through gills, other animals find ingenious ways to drag air bubbles down from the surface or trap air around their bodies.
Scientists from three British universities are together developing an atom-thick graphene chip that slashes energy use for ...
The river winds through natural Florida landscape where you might spot turtles, fish, and even an occasional alligator lounging on the banks. Buccaneer Bay, Florida’s only spring-fed water park, sits ...
Tucked between the towering peaks of the Smoky Mountains and the bustling tourist shops of Gatlinburg sits Chesapeake’s Seafood and Raw Bar – a place where mountainfolk can experience maritime magic ...
The puck dropped on a new era in Happy Valley when Gavin McKenna announced—live on ESPN’s SportsCenter—that he’ll lace up for ...
If your idea of paradise includes a tie-dye shop, a nature preserve, and a goat that casually wanders Main Street, then ...
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...
Learn how air bubbles trapped in ice have inspired a special code that can improve communication in the Arctic and Antarctica.
The team was inspired by bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice, revealing information about our climate hundreds of thousands of years in the past.