Hi, I'm Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky.And here's a short piece from the March 2020 issue of the magazine,in the section called Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine.The article is titled "Quick Hits," and it's a rundown of some noncoronavirus stories from around the globe,compiled by assistant news editor Sarah Lewin Frasier.From the Dominican Republic:A sunken museum at La Caleta Underwater National Park will preserve in place a ship that sank in 1725,complete with real (and replica) artifacts kept underwater for people to explore.Submerged artifacts often degrade faster when removed from the sea.From Greenland:New simulations indicate that a rocky valley detected under the island's ice sheetmay contain a 1,600-kilometer-long subterranean river, flowing from central Greenland to its northern coast.From Greece:Archaeologists uncovered gold, jewels and beads in a large building on the now uninhabited Minoan island of Chrysi,a location that about 3,500 years ago was devoted to making purple dye from sea snails called Murex.From England:Researchers found 1,700-year-old chicken eggs, along with other ancient objects, in a waterlogged pit in southeastern England.A few eggs broke during extraction, releasing a sulfurous smell―
