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Icy Rivers May Have Flowed on Ancient Mars

Artistic illustration of an ice-covered river sourced from meltwater beneath Mars’s south polar cap. Peter Buhler / PSI Mars is a frozen desert world, enshrouded in a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide. This atmosphere is so wispy, the pressure is less than 1% that of Earth’s air at sea level — too rarefied to enable […]

NPBL Final Eight: Rivers Hoopers, Hoops & Read set for championship showdown

Defending champions Rivers Hoopers secured a spot in the Nigeria Premier Basketball League (NPBL) Final Eight championship game, defeating Gboko City Chiefs 79-73 in a thrilling semifinal on Sunday. Kelvin Amayo led the charge with 22 points, supported by Okiki Michael’s 14 points and Buchi Vincent Nwaiwu’s impressive double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds. […]

Rivers 2025 Budget Proposal Coming Soon – Oko-Jumbo

Victor Oko-Jumbo, Speaker of the factional Rivers House of Assembly, has assured that Governor Siminalayi Fubara will soon present the 2025 budget proposal. Oko-Jumbo disclosed this during the inauguration of ultra-modern community town halls and the flag-off of a scholarship/empowerment program in Bonny Local Government Area. “We will not be distracted by the enemies of […]

Conwy Suspension Bridge

Built in the 1280s by King Edward I, Conwy Castle is widely considered one of the finest fortifications of medieval Europe, worthy of its World Heritage status. Adjacent, spanning the River Conwy, is a magnificent suspension bridge with big castellated towers similar in style with the castle. But wait—a suspension bridge of such size can’t […]

Isola Boschina

Isola Boschina is the oldest known island of the river Po—the longest river in Italy. When the island emerged in the 17th century, it became property of the bishop of Mantua. The island is big enough and in a good position to be one of the few stable river islands. The bishop gave the usage […]

Birkenhead Priory

Tucked away in the heart of Birkenhead, Birkenhead Priory is like a hidden gem of medieval history that somehow feels both grand and humble at the same time. This is the oldest standing building on Merseyside, and if stones could talk, they’d probably have a lot of great stories to tell. The priory was founded […]

Hanford Reach National Monument

The Hanford Reach, bordering the Hanford Site to the north and east, is by far the longest free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the United States. When the Hanford Site was built during World War II, the only dams downstream from Grand Coulee Dam were Bonneville and Rock Island, both completed in 1938. Since […]