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![Girl at the beach tilts head to one side and uses finger to try to get water out of her ear](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hXLFbQrepxxxvyxWVVAdCG-320-80.jpg)
How does water get stuck in your ear — and how do you get it out?
By Emily Cooke published
Whether it's from a day at the beach or a trip to the swimming pool, getting water stuck in your ear is very common. But how does it happen?
![Two diagrams of the moon that show where water is located. A water content map of this valuable life-sustaining commodity across the moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTHfLNQn76dvrUXBaNFQfT-320-80.jpg)
Mysterious source of water on the moon traced to Earth's magnetic shield
By Robert Lea published
Some of the moon's surface water may have an Earthly origin, due to high-energy interactions between the sun and Earth's magnetic shield, new research suggests.
![A blue planet with a distant red star in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fh6PUhM5vnDryy5epCR5GR-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world
By Harry Baker published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
![Part of Mars being orbited by its moons](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5mcdwFSm7mBDxnuBFnzaLJ-320-80.jpg)
NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
By Harry Baker published
One researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have inadvertently killed microbes living in Martian rocks. Other experts are skeptical.
![Hundreds of polygon-shaped crack in the Martian surface](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aZYAaPvBH7frYpSfLAzrbJ-320-80.jpg)
Bizarre polygons on Mars' surface hint that alien life on Red Planet was possible
By Harry Baker published
A patchwork of polygon-shaped cracks in ancient Martian mud are evidence of past wet-dry cycles, which could have helped extraterrestrial life emerge on the Red Planet.
![Lava erupts from a volcano in a huge shower of red molten rock.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7eM54eGZR8Savu9YMyX4g3-320-80.jpg)
Volcanoes like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa don't erupt like we thought they did, scientists discover
By Sascha Pare published
The magma that erupts from basaltic volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates originates from within Earth's mantle — rather than from the outer crust — and is propelled upward by CO2, not water.
![We see two firefighters in full gear holding a hose and blasting close by flames.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9rN9i3Zaq2FiTT3dQZzhb-320-80.jpg)
How does water put out fire?
By Donavyn Coffey published
Water extinguishes fire, but it doesn't act on the flames themselves.
![A picture of Earth from space featuring the Sinai Peninsula, parts of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Saudi Arabia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wTEqgFxnzsBeiAyQZHwrvQ-320-80.jpg)
Human impact on Earth's tilt leaves researchers 'surprised and concerned'
By Sascha Pare published
Groundwater extracted for irrigation and other human activities displaced 2,150 gigatons of water between 1993 and 2010.
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