October 2016

Rare 'Nesting Doll' Fossil Uncovers Beetle in Lizard in Snake

The fossil with an insect inside a lizard inside a snake: Incredible remains reveal 48 million-year-old food chain In coop…

Scientists Have Managed to 'Dissolve' Water in an Emerald

Crystals with water molecules are inside nanocavities. Physicists have managed to 'dissolve' water in an eme…

This Is the First Dinosaur Brain Fossil Ever Found

The brain was discovered on a beach on Bexhill-on-Sea A dinosaur's brain, preserved in a pebble Researchers have …

Entire Himalayan Arc Can Produce Large Earthquakes

Cross-section through the Himalayan continental thrust-fault system. The main fault at the foot of the Himalayan mount…

The Great Barrier Reef Has Become A Coral Graveyard

Dead corals still provide habitat to fish but will soon crumble away. Yonge reef (Lizard Island region), October 2016. I…

Ironing Out the Mysteries of Earth's Deepest Rocks

Schematic picture of the Earth's interior. On the right is the example of the part of the X-ray diffraction image of …

USGS: Oklahoma quake likely caused by wastewater disposal

Image source: Geer Association The third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of w…

Six-ton Chinese 'Fluorite Pearl' Is World's Largest

The fluorite mineral the stone is fashioned from is more valuable than diamonds in China A 6-ton night pearl worth 2…

Fossils of TWO 180 Million-year-old Dinosaurs Unearthed Beneath Road in China

Construction workers building a road in Lufeng County in China's Yunnan Province have unearthed two 180 million year …

Geologic History of North America Gets Overturned

Under the west coast of North America, seafloor from the Pacific Basin sinks back into the earth's mantle. The subduc…

We Just Found Out That Mercury Is Geologically Active

Nasa has released an image taken by the probe's Visual and Infrared Spectrometer (Virs) to reveal distinct features…

Diamonds Pinpoint Start of Colliding Continents

Optical photomicrograph of a sulfide-inclusion-bearing rough diamond from Botswana. Jewelers abhor diamond impurities,…

New dinosaur species Savannasaurus discovered in Australia

Savannasaurus elliottorum.Credit: Reconstruction by Travis R. Tischler / © Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural H…

Did Volcanic Activity Play a Role in Early Human Evolution and Migration?

Did volcanic activity play a role in early human evolution and migration? The great Rift Valley that runs through Eth…

Tiny Zircon Crystals Clue to Volcanic Super-eruptions

The brighter and more concentrically zoned crystals with nice straight edges are the volcanic zircons. Well travelled:…

Funny Weird Agate Specimens You Should See

Mother Nature can be quite the comedian, and agate specimens are no exception! From faces that look like they belong in a ca…