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In China’s Taklimakan Desert, engineers are drilling a scientific well over six miles deep to explore the Earth’s interior ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

China begins drilling a six-mile-deep scientific well named Shendi Take 1 to explore the depths of the Earth and its secrets.

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The visionary explorer and filmmaker has ventured to the deepest point on the planet, predicted the coming AI apocalypse, and ...

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Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...