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Discovered in 1911, the rust-coloured waters of Blood Falls don't freeze because of their high salt content. Now, researchers have mapped the hidden channels beneath.

Beneath parts of the United States, the ground is becoming increasingly unstable. Years of prolonged drought, combined with relentless groundwater extraction for farming, industry and growing cities, are causing the land to sink, crack and, in some places, suddenly collapse into massive sinkholes.

As climate change, prolonged droughts and rapid population growth place increasing pressure on global freshwater supplies, scientists are searching for cleaner and more affordable ways to produce drinking water. Conventional desalination has helped many water-scarce nations meet demand, but the process remains heavily dependent on electricity, costly infrastructure and high operating expenses.

For decades, palaeontologists have puzzled over a scene preserved in rock across parts of Mongolia and China. Fossilised oviraptor dinosaurs were repeatedly found sitting over nests in a posture that looked strikingly familiar.

Across the animal world, some species decline rapidly after reaching adulthood while others stay active and healthy for years or even decades, and understanding this difference has become one of the central questions in ageing research today. Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have now turned their attention to an unlikely candidate for answers, a small wild rodent called the golden spiny mouse.

An invasive snake that likely arrived on Guam hidden inside military cargo after the Second World War went on to transform the island's ecosystem in ways scientists are still trying to understand. The brown tree snake, native to parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, found an environment unlike any it had encountered before.

Scientists explore whether humor influenced language evolution, suggesting "survival of the wittiest" shaped communication and cognitive development.

For years now, the Nazca Desert in Peru has been seen as an archaeological landscape that has already been explored completely. However, the year 2024 brought new findings that suggest the historic site still has more to reveal.