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The dam on the Guadalupe River that forms Nimitz Lake, the city of Kerrville’s primary water reservoir. County commissioners say they have a plan to drain at least one of the artificial reservoirs along the river, to facilitate the search for human remains and hazardous debris following the flash flood of July 4. Martin Kaste hide caption toggle caption Martin …

NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. These lakes and Titan‘s seas are filled with liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane rather than water. And though we know water is a key ingredient of life on Earth, astrobiologists have theorized …