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The illustration depicts the Piedras Bolas aqueduct functioning as a fountain, suggesting one plausible explanation of how the feature used water pressure. Due to destruction of the Maya aqueduct, exact details of the its use are unknown. Note that during the monsoon, excess runoff flows over the feature while the buried conduit continues to function. (Credit: Reid Fellenbaum)
PENN STATE (US)—A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, according to a collaboration between an archaeologist and a hydrologist. Continue…
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Watching glaciers slide—in a freezer
IOWA STATE (US)—A walk-in freezer in Iowa may help scientists understand how glaciers react to climate change and contribute to rising sea levels. (more…)
