Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of staggering scale, a deep ecosystem brimming with billions of microorganisms. Its astonishing diversity has earned it the nickname the “subterranean Galapagos” and suggests that its genetic richness may rival or even surpass life above ground. Presenting their work at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting in 2018, the researchers calculated the size …
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 01:11, 23 August 2025 | Updated: 01:12, 23 August 2025 Dust collected from an asteroid by a NASA spacecraft more than 200 million miles away from Earth contains material that is older than the sun. Scientists have analysed samples from the Bennu asteroid, which resembles the Death Star space station in the Star Wars films, …
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There’s something romantic about the idea of a daily run. It’s simple. It’s gritty. It’s giving “I can do hard things just because I believe I can,” main character energy. Plus, running three miles a day has become a bit of a fitness trend lately—just scroll through TikTok and you’ll see thousands of people sticking to that sweet-spot distance to …
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The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, accompanied by its Moon, as a mere speck engulfed by the dark void of space. NASA’s Psyche mission launched on October 13, 2023, and …
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– credit, Chad Volk supplied to CBS A Ford Motor Company employee was reunited with a wallet he lost 10 years ago after a mechanic found it while servicing a car he built. This charming story comes via Minnesota, where mechanic Chad Volk was replacing the cooling fan on a 2015 Ford Edge, when something that needed to snap in …
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PETERSBURG, Mich. — A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago? “If so,” a Minnesota man wrote, “it was in the engine bay of a car.” Richard Guilford couldn’t believe what he was reading on his phone — a decade-old mystery was remarkably solved. Guilford’s tri-fold leather …
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For decades, Miles “Burt” Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate New York if you had some money to invest but wanted to keep it local. Working from an office in the charming village of Hamilton, down the road from Colgate University, Marshall prepared taxes and sold insurance. He also took money for what …
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A powerful new radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed a key initial test. The “Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability,” or DARC, is a multi-site radar system being developed by the U.S. Space Force and its counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia. Once complete, the system will consist of three separate …
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A motorist from Michigan is set to make a healthy profit after splashing out $52,000 on a 2021 Chevrolet Camaro, putting just 8,400 miles on the clock and putting it up for sale. Chevrolet introduced the pony car all the way back in 1966. It was initially launched as an intended competitor for the Mustang. Since its introduction, millions of …
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