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1w ago
Measuring the concentration of radioactive elements in a single, sand-size crystal reveals the growth of the Himalayan mountain range over time ..read more
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2w ago
Scientists Jan Zalasiewica and Erle Ellis on the recent decision to reject a proposal for a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast ..read more
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2w ago
When the soil ‘ceiling’ collapses, you end up with a hole exposing a cavity previously hidden underground ..read more
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1M ago
At Q’s of course! But he doesn’t pull them out of his sleeve. In Spectre (2015), Daniel Craig and Ben Whishaw play the famous spy and his gadget supplier ..read more
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1M ago
The idea cannot be stopped, even if geologists have voted not to recognise a new epoch ..read more
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Geologists recently voted down a proposal to formally recognise the Anthropocene ..read more
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1M ago
Deep-sea sediments show how the changing orbits of Earth and Mars are linked to past global warming and the speeding up of deep-ocean eddies ..read more
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2M ago
Cratons are pieces of ancient continents that formed billions of years ago ..read more
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2M ago
As space travel and lunar exploration becomes a near-future reality, we should consider the impact of human activities on the lunar environment ..read more
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2M ago
While NASA rovers on the surface of Mars look for hints of life, researchers back on Earth are studying ‘echoes of life’ from ancient basins – hoping that the two sites might be similar ..read more