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The long-lost supercontinent Gondwana has finally been pieced together after 550 million years. For years, scientists have ...

In the vast, featureless sand of the Sahara in Mauritania, a nearly perfect circle stares up at the sky. It spans roughly 25 ...

Heavy rain falling on steep hillsides where forests have been cleared or land has otherwise been disturbed can disrupt the ecological balance, alter vegetation and ground cover, change runoff patterns ...

A pegmatite class, a Greenwood quarry trip, an annual mineral show and a museum identification session revealed the science, ...

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Behind South Africa’s chrome riches lies a shadow economy where migrants and unemployed workers face deadly conditions.

The newly revealed geographical areas, combined with existing knowledge of the supercontinent, reveal that Gondwana could ...

Lyson knew that one print in the Hell Creek was unlikely, but two together—a T. rex trackway? That was absolutely improbable.

Geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from Baffin Island, Canada, and Iceland suggest that some of the water dating back to Earth's formation may still be preserved deep within the planet. However, it ...

A newly discovered microbe living inside ancient stromatolite communities may offer a rare look at how complex life first emerged. Researchers captured the first direct images of an Asgard archaeon ...