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When they detected a mysterious sound, they transferred it to an audograph disc and stored it in their archives because they didn't know what they were hearing at the time.

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When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.

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Underwater lakes may sound like fiction, but they dot the ocean floor and, according to a new University of Mississippi study, the structures could also help researchers understand life in space.

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