Pretty Deep
More than 125 million years ago, porous volcanic rock in Earth's crust slurped up a sea's worth of water, creating a giant subterranean reservoir, reports Sascha Pare for Live Science. This isn't the only water beneath our feet. Massive oceans reside even farther down, inside Earth's mantle. In 2018, Marcus Woo wrote for Quanta about the subterranean oceans and the water-bearing minerals produced there.
Perception Without Penalties
A new study suggests that soccer goalkeepers can perceive events more precisely than other players can. In tests, the keepers were better able to discern small differences in the timing between visual and audio cues, reports Linda Geddes for The Guardian. A possible explanation for the keepers' heightened perception is that they developed it through practice. In 2020, Quanta featured an essay by the late neurobiologist Richard Masland about how our malleable senses can be rewired by our experiences. | |
