Mineral Previously Known Only in Meteorites Discovered at Dead Sea
Mineral Previously Known Only in Meteorites Discovered at Dead Sea Allabogdanite was first reported in the early 2000s fro…
June 2021
“Invisible” Gold – Fool’s Gold Actually Contains Real Gold
Pyrite, Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru Photo: Mineralauctions Curtin University research has found tiny a…
Ancient Fungal Parasite of Ants Found Preserved in Baltic Amber
About 50 million years ago, this ant got stuck in tree resin that also preserved the parasitic fungus that was giving it a h…
Siberian Volcanic Eruptions Triggered End-Permian Mass Extinction
Fossilized crinoids, marine invertebrates that lived during the Permian Period, found in western Australia. Credit...John Ca…
Earth Has a 27.5-Million-Year 'Heartbeat', But We Don't Know What Causes It
In the last 260 million years, dinosaurs came and went, Pangea split into the continents and islands we see today, and hum…
The Dynamic, Geological Process Happening in Your Kidney
kidney stones Over a period of three months to three years, compounds like calcium, uric acid and bits of organic matter c…
World’s Third Largest Diamond Discovered in Botswana
Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, inspects Debswana’s find. Photograph: Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images A 1,098-ca…
More Than 600 Earthquakes Hit Area Along San Andreas Fault Since Saturday
A rural area of Southern California near the Mexico border and along the San Andreas fault line saw more than 600 earthqua…
Earth's Inner Core Is Growing More on One Side Than the Other
The researchers concluded that this difference in seismic wave speed with direction results from a preferred alignment of t…
99-Million-Year-Old Snail Fossilized in Amber While Giving Birth
The mother snail and her young, marked with numbers. Image Credit: Tingting Yu A snail that lived alongside the dinosaurs…
Tiny Worm Comes Back to Life After 24,000 Years in Siberian Deep Freeze
A microscopic worm-like creature, labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years …
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Stone Forests: The Mystery of Their Formation Finally Solved
Scientists Finally Discover How 'Stone Forests' Develop Their Otherworldly Forms Scientists have confirmed that myst…
What Causes the Deep Earth's Most Mysterious Earthquakes?
Credit: Steven Shirey, Peter van Keken, Lara Wagner, and Michael Walter/Carnegie Institution for Science. The cause of Ear…
Man Hunts for Engagement Ring Gemstone, Digs Up 2.2-carat Diamond
Christian Liden's Washington Sunshine Diamond A Washington man made a wonderful discovery while he was mining materials…
