Deep within the Pacific Abyss, a realm of crushing pressure and perpetual darkness, scientists have unearthed a peculiar blue mud. This mud, unlike any other, is teeming with life forms that challenge ...

One activity I wish didn’t go out of style for “big kids” is playing in the mud. Mud is wonderful! I recall many times when my sister and I would spend hours playing in the mud in my back yard, and in ...

Multi-billion-year-old mud cracks on the surface of Mars are helping researchers piece together the ancient history of our planetary neighbor’s climate. Observed by NASA’s Curiosity rover in 2021, the ...

The last several columns have focused on the importance of sediment, or mud, to life in the river. We have discussed the relationship between the velocity or speed of the river and the size of the ...

The surface of Mars’ Pontours rock contains a network of hexagonal mud cracks that hints at historical seasons of flooding and drying. NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / IRAP Mars, as we know it, is a frigid ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story ...