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7,846 results for: Geology

  1. New Takes on Historic Quakes

    Two centuries on, scientists revisit the magnitudes of New Madrid’s biggest rumbles.

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  2. Earth

    Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Virginia

    The region's largest tremor in recent history hit northwest of Richmond, felt over much of the East Coast.

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  3. Physics

    Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments

    The economically vital metals could be mined from the deep sea, Japanese geologists propose.

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  4. Loss of eyes in the sky hurts science on the ground

    In a clean room at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California sits the next great hope of the United States’ Earth-monitoring program. About the size of a minibus, it is covered in gold foil, riddled with electrical wires, and very clean. This $1.5-billion satellite is state-of-the-art, carrying five advanced instruments to measure everything from […]

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  5. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Long-lost Martian glaciers, ozone on Venus and more in this week’s news.

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  6. Earth

    Earthly riches heaven sent

    A period of heavy meteorite bombardment after Earth's formation may have peppered Earth's outer layers with useful metals.

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  7. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Tracking carbon dioxide, fingerprinting uranium and understanding phthalates in boys in this week's news.

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  8. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Diamonds from the depths have shallow elements, New Zealand earthquake helped triggered its successor and more in this week’s news.

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  9. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Oxygen molecules in space, Earth’s second moon, a mission to Jupiter and more in this week’s news.

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  10. Humans

    Infected bats can recover . . . with lots of help

    Researchers reported new data today confirming that with enough coddling, many heavily infected bats can recover. The rub: These scientists also pointed out that there really aren’t sufficient resources to save more than a handful this way.

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  11. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Listening for rumbles of past hurricanes, plus more in this week's news.

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  12. Science Future for January 29, 2011

    February 11 – 13 Explore geology at the 60th Annual Agate and Mineral Show at Portland, Oregon’s science museum. See www.omsi.edu February 13 Boston’s Museum of Science officially reopens its planetarium with a show about exoplanets. Go to www.mos.org February 14 Savor a “miracle fruit” berry that deceives taste buds, in a butterfly rain forest […]

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