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The quest to find the most mysterious matter in the universe
From deep underground, in abandoned gold and nickel mines, containers of liquid xenon and germanium crystals are used to detect dark matter particles.
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Archeology
Roman sluice can still be used after 2,300 years
The hundred-meter-long sewer system is in such a good condition that it can be used today for storm water drainage.
Discover science
Why do snakes without ears hear the flute?
Through film and television we know that in India often appear snakes with their heads, swaying under the flute of the owner.
Environment
The 1,000-mile-long Black River flows under Greenland Bay
Greenland extends the foundation for nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of a valley that can hold an underground river, transporting water from Greenland to the northern part…
Space science
Find your way into the 'water world' that contains alien life?
The beautiful and mysterious blue tiger stripes on Saturn's moon Enceladus could be the door to the underground ocean where NASA believes that alien life is hidden.
Archeology
Discovered a 600-year-old house underground
A medieval house with thick brick walls and caviar limestone fireplace is more likely to belong to a high-ranking person.
Environment
Discover a cluster of 19 giant sinkholes around the underground river
The scientists discovered one of the largest clusters in the world, including 19 vast caves in the forest in Guangxi province.
Archeology
The real reason why the ancient Khmer Empire was forced to move the capital, only to make a historical legend
Angkor is not always the capital of the Khmer Empire. There was a time when it was moved to another place, only that place collapsed so quickly.
Archeology
Discover hundreds of ancient Egyptian pyramids, hidden deep beneath the ground
Finding hundreds of ancient pyramids has shocked Egypt's archaeologists in particular and the world in general.
Environment
Groundwater is draining many of the world's rivers
Human thirst for fresh water is gradually draining rivers that are a landscape around the world, a study of groundwater shows.
Archeology
Find mysterious pyramid mummies from underground Roman times in Rome
Three skeletons dating from the Roman Empire period were found underground in the capital Rome in a state of almost intact preservation.
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Why don't we make all the wires underground?
Moving electrical wires underground can help avoid hazards during a storm. However, the ducted underground network also has its own problems.
Environment
Underground garbage system: A great solution for Swiss municipal waste
By using an automated underground garbage system, a city in Switzerland has been able to solve the urban waste problem completely!
Discover science
The mysterious world of undersea volcanoes and lava off the Italian coast
Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea near southwestern Italy is a newly discovered volcanic complex, dotted with geothermal chimneys and subturned peaks.
1001 mystery
The 'superstructure' of the mysterious Tripolye culture was unearthed in Ukraine
Magnetic anomalies in the soil at a site called Maidanetske caught the researchers' attention and eventually decided to excavate.