The water used to irrigate the vineyards in Napa Valley is disappearing through the parched, cracked soil. A study by Eve Hinckley examines why this is happening.
Centralia, Pennsylvania is the site of an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962, damaging most surface structures severely enough to warrant abandonment or condemnation. Now the State has ordered remaining residents out of their homes for demolition.
There is not an abundance of well-preserved dinosaur fossils in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness of New Mexico. So, finding two almost-complete members of the T. Rex family there was a surprise. Bistahieversor sealeyi is a new species, and appears to be unique to the area.
Five crates of whiskey and two crates of brandy left behind by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton during his 1909 expedition to Antarctica have been found.
DOHaD, or the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis, states that the health of a person during early development can predict their longevity. Some prehistoric teeth found in Peru support this hypothesis. Skulls of people who died young were more likely to have striated tooth enamel, an indicator of troubled formation.