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Why one geologist thinks we should all pay more attention to rocks
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (1179+ words) Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. Not just under a petrographic microscope, but as animated entities with properties and personalities born from their long, eventful lives. "I've reached a point in my career where I'm not going to hold back from talking…...
El gran secreto del centro de la Tierra: encuentran depósito de un elemento vital que supera 45 veces a los océanos
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (479+ words) Lo que hasta ahora se consideraba una vasta extensi'n de agua cubriendo el 70 % de la superficie, palidece en comparaci'n con los dep'sitos hallados en el n'cleo. Seg'n los expertos, este descubrimiento no solo cambia nuestra comprensi'n geol'gica, sino que posiciona…...
Earth’s core may contain as much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen, scientists find
1+ week, 1+ day ago (566+ words) (CNN) " Picture all of Earth's oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth's core, possibly making it the planet's largest hydrogen…...
La enorme megaestructura construida para la eternidad y que, 1.700 años después, aún se mantiene en pie
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (1419+ words) Por Justin Calderon, CNN Si visitas la antigua ciudad de Anuradhapura en un d'a de luna llena el pasado se sentir" muy presente. Peregrinos budistas vestidos de blanco caminan descalzos por senderos polvorientos. Monjes con t'nicas color azafr"n cantan…...
La superluna llena de enero, conocida como la luna del lobo, y la lluvia de meteoros Cuadrántidas dan inicio al nuevo año
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (967+ words) Por Lily Hautau, CNN La luna del lobo, la primera luna llena del a'o, dar" la bienvenida a 2026, iluminando el cielo este fin de semana, aunque este evento lunar dificultar" un poco la observaci'n de la lluvia de meteoros Cuadr…...
What’s your earthquake risk? Use this map to find out
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (121+ words) By Byron Manley, Matt Stiles and Ren'e Rigdon, CNN (CNN) " Tens of millions of Americans live in places with a high earthquake risk, many of them in large metropolitan regions, such as Los Angeles, where major seismic events would also…...
El beso en los labios es un rasgo que evolucionó hace 21 millones de años, según nuevo análisis
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (609+ words) Por Katie Hunt, CNN Un nuevo estudio que examina c'mo evolucion' el beso sugiere que los ancestros simios y los primeros humanos, como los neandertales, probablemente se besaban en los labios con sus amigos y parejas sexuales. El comportamiento podr'a…...
Scientists went hunting for freshwater deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. What they found could have global implications
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (932+ words) (CNN) " This summer scientists drilled deep below the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northeastern US and tapped into a huge, mysterious reservoir of freshwater " what they discovered could have big implications for a world grappling with an increasingly severe…...
No, Mount St. Helens isn’t erupting again. It’s just stirring up leftover ash 45 years after ‘the big one’
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (370+ words) By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) " For a moment, it seemed like a blast from the past: a plume over Mount St. Helens on Tuesday looked like the volcano might be erupting again. But fortunately, this was not an eruption…...
Dinosaur eggs from China found to be around 86 million years old, according to ‘atomic clock’ dating
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (427+ words) (CNN) " A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an "atomic clock" method to date the samples. Researchers said they now hope the eggs,…...