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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…

“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…