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Beneath the surface of the South China Sea, researchers have identified a vast sinkhole in the seafloor that functions as a kind of natural vault for microscopic life. Inside this giant depression, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of Short Wave about a black hole nearly as old as the universe, how pollution plagues sea turtles, and a simple fix to cut blood pressure.

A family from Indiana was enjoying a beach day at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea on Tuesday afternoon when the large hole the two young children were digging in the sand collapsed, burying them alive, ...