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Thousands sign up to drink rancid tomb water
Jul 23, 2018A petition has been launched to encourage people to drink the water from a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus.
Towed iceberg could solve Cape Town drought
Jul 4, 2018A marine salvage expert has suggested towing an iceberg 1,200 miles to act as a source of fresh water.
Stonehenge builders used 'stone highway'
Jun 30, 2018New research has indicated that the huge stones were transported over both land and water.
Scientists solve age-old dripping tap mystery
VIDEO Jun 24, 2018What exactly causes the loud and incessant 'plink, plink, plink' sound that has kept millions awake at night ?
New Grace mission will weigh Earth's water
May 23, 2018The launch of two new satellites in to orbit will enable scientists to study the evolution of our planet's climate.
$17B 'holy grail of shipwrecks' discovered
May 22, 2018The long-lost 300-year-old Spanish galleon was found with the help of an autonomous underwater vehicle.
Cause of hiccups continues to remain elusive
May 8, 2018Scientists still struggle to understand how hiccups start and why certain cures work better than others.
Mutation helps Bajau people stay underwater
VIDEO Apr 19, 2018In a rare case of natural selection in modern humans, the free-diving Bajau people have developed a larger spleen.
New tardigrade species found in a car park
Mar 1, 2018A strange new species of tardigrade, or 'water bear', has been discovered in a Japanese car park.
Graphene filter can make seawater drinkable
Feb 16, 2018Scientists have developed a new type of water filter that can make even polluted seawater drinkable.
Undersea 'Mordor' found off coast of Australia
Jan 20, 2018The 'Tolkienesque' landscape is made up of 26 underwater volcanoes buried beneath seabed sediment.
Large water ice glaciers discovered on Mars
Jan 12, 2018The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
Hurricane Harvey dropped 127bn tons of rain
Dec 15, 2017Scientists have managed to weigh how much water fell on Texas during the hurricane back in August.
How did the Indus thrive without rivers ?
Dec 4, 2017The ancient Indus civilization had a novel solution to the lack of flowing water near its many villages.
Dogs fall ill after river turns a strange color
VIDEO Dec 3, 2017The River Ouse in Cambridgeshire, England has been reportedly changing color on a regular basis.
Mars liquid water discovery cast in to doubt
VIDEO Nov 23, 2017Dark streaks on the Martian surface thought to be evidence of water may actually be little more than sand.
Could an alien civilization evolve underwater?
Oct 25, 2017Planetary scientist Alan Stern has suggested that some civilizations may live below a planet's surface.
China develops way to grow rice in salt water
Oct 24, 2017The remarkable agricultural breakthrough could help to feed millions of people over the coming decades.
Evidence of a massive lake discovered on Mars
Oct 11, 2017NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the site of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.
'Crocodile' reported in the River Thames
Oct 10, 2017Footage uploaded on to Twitter today shows what looks like a crocodile in the waters of Chelsea Harbor.
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