Is getting a spot at a campground harder than getting Beyoncée concert tickets?

The demand's still there, but we've had some really cool breakthroughs in improving equity in terms of how

those limited permits are distributed across the public.

It's Friday August 16th, better known as Science Friday. I'm Cyfry producer Kathleen Davis.

Camping can be a blast, a chance to get out in nature, sleep under the stars,

eat those little dehydrated food packets, but actually getting a

campsite at a state or national park can be really competitive. The good news,

lots of sites are changing how that booking process works,

making the whole thing a whole lot more equitable.

We'll talk about that story in just a little bit,

but first here's Ira Flato

with the biggest science stories of the week.

Exciting space news.

New evidence suggests there could be oceans worth of liquid water hidden underneath

Mars surface more than 3 billion years ago, Mars had lakes and rivers

and maybe even oceans on its surface. It was a very different place from the arid red planet

we know today. But the question remains, when Mars'

atmosphere changed, where did all that water go? This discovery could offer up new

clues and maybe spur on the search for life on Mars.

Here with this story and more science news is Magi Kirth, science writer,

an editorial lead for Carbon plan based in Minneapolis.

Welcome back, Maggie, always good to talk to you.

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