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Mars orbiter captures stunning image of planet’s frosty dunes NASA’s Perseverance rover is getting all the attention just now, together with the Ingenuity helicopter that’s about to take flight on the red planet. Continue Reading . . . https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/mars-orbiter-captures-stunning-image-of-planets-frosty-dunes/

The Trump administration is set to continue its corporate friendly assault on U.S. from https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/23/biggest-loss-clean-water-protection-country-has-ever-seen-trump-guts-safeguards-us https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/trump_water.png?itok=PwaIj8wi

Historic finds are common on construction projects in older cities like London or Rome, and the same applies for their smaller neighbors. from https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a27154940/iron-age-skeleton-discovery-oxfordshire/ https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/old-bonesy-1555363362.png?resize=480:*

Today, scientists announced that they have detected what could be a large reservoir of liquid water under the surface of Mars. The "lake" measures 20-km across and is located about 1.5 km below the Mars's southern polar ice cap. An article about the discovery was published in the journal Science. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/25/mars-liquid-water-underground-lake-polar-ice-cap/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

" We often talk about whether human beings can survive a cataclysmic space event, such as a large asteroid hitting the Earth. But even if we're wiped out, other life will go on. Scientists have discovered that the tardigrade, also called the water bear, is the world's most indestructible living species. " ...  http://buff.ly/2telPU9 via Buffer