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7,846 results for: Geology

  1. Science & Society

    ‘Pseudoscience’ digs into the allure and dangers of believing fake science

    In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake moon landings and other scientific myths and why people believe them.

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  2. Planetary Science

    New Horizons visited Pluto 10 years ago. We’re still learning from it

    Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

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  3. Astronomy

    A nebula’s X-ray glow may come from a destroyed giant planet

    Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

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  4. Paleontology

    Giant camel-like creatures lived thousands of years longer than once thought

    Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.”

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  5. Paleontology

    This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birds

    Analyses unveiled never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird, strengthening the case that Archaeopteryx could fly.

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  6. Earth

    3 things to know about the deadly Myanmar earthquake

    The magnitude 7.7 earthquake was powerful, shallow and in a heavily populated region with vulnerable buildings.

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  7. Anthropology

    How does a fossil become a superstar? Just ask Lucy.

    Geologic good fortune, skilled scientific scrutiny and a catchy name turned Lucy into an evolutionary icon.

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  8. Environment

    Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica

    Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

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  9. Anthropology

    An African strontium map sheds light on the origins of enslaved people

    While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

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  10. Planetary Science

    NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life

    Now atop Jezero Crater, the robotic explorer found quartz indicative of habitable environments and possibly the oldest rocks yet seen in the solar system.

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  11. Archaeology

    Ancient Central Americans built a massive fish-trapping system

    Earthen channels directed fish into ponds that formed seasonally, providing a dietary bounty for Maya civilizations starting around 4,000 years ago.

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  12. Readers react to Betelgeuse’s buddy, the 2024 Nobels and small nuclear reactor waste

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