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Archaeologists Claim They’ve Discovered Atlantis In Southern Spain

Researchers at a site in southern Spain are just the latest to take up the cry: We’ve discovered the lost city of Atlantis! Location: Southern Spain. Wait, what?


March 7, 2011
Science

Did Dr. Richard B. Hoover Just Discover Alien Life?

So the methane organisms discovered in that hostile little lake in California weren’t such a big deal after all. No harm, no foul—they were at the very least interesting. Interesting, but nothing like this: Dr. Richard Hoover, as astrobiologist with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight centre, claims he’s found alien life.


March 28, 2010

Toys That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs

Anyone who reads Giz with any sort of regularity knows that we don’t try to hide our affinity for toys. But for some brainiacs, toys like the Etch-a-Sketch aren’t just diversions, they’re launching pads for important scientific discoveries.