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Scientists Turn Pomegranate Waste Into Powerful Water Purifier
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Earth's Core Suddenly Changed Direction Beneath the Pacific, Satellites Reveal
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Why carbon dioxide cools the upper atmosphere while heating Earth below
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Earth's first continents formed billions of years earlier than expected
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Scientists reveal where water is hiding on the moon after billions of years
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (565+ words) Scientists have long suspected that water exists on the moon, but exactly how it got there'and where it is most concentrated'has remained a mystery. Now, a new study suggests that lunar water didn't arrive all at once. Instead, it likely…...
A sleeping giant awakens: Japan's Kikai volcano is slowly refilling with magma
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (456+ words) Scientists have discovered that one of the most powerful volcanoes in Earth's recent history is slowly building up magma again'more than 7, 000 years after its last massive eruption. The finding offers important clues about how so-called "supervolcanoes" behave and may help…...
Earth may have formed closer to home than scientists thought
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (490+ words) For many years, scientists believed that Earth was built from a mix of materials coming from both the inner and outer parts of the solar system. In particular, they thought that some of Earth's building blocks must have come from…...
Giant craters may reveal if Psyche is a lost planetary core
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (369+ words) When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in Empire Strikes Back, and we often hear how they are remnants from the birth of the solar system. While the…...
Earth was already moving 3. 5 billion years ago, study finds
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (521+ words) The story of our planet is written in the slow movement of its surface. Over billions of years, shifting tectonic plates have shaped continents, opened oceans, and created the environments where life could grow and evolve. But one big question…...
Antarctica has lost ice the size of 10 Los Angeles cities in 30 years
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (546+ words) A new 30-year study has revealed how Antarctica's ice is slowly retreating along parts of its vast coastline. Scientists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine created the first detailed map showing how the "grounding line" of Antarctica's…...