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Death Valley Is Littered with Boulders. They're Mysteriously Moving on Their Own.
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (33+ words) In 1915, a prospector surveying what's now Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park noticed large stones with tracks behind them, suggesting they moved on their own. It took a century, but. .....
Elements That Power Our World Are Alarmingly Elusive. Scientists Have a Treasure Map to Lead Us Right to Them.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (307+ words) You might say it's like striking gold, but these elements are much more valuable than that. Deep in Earth, there could be troves of a type of undiscovered treasure more valuable than any diamond or ruby or sapphire: rare earth…...
This Volcano Is Cleaning up Its Own Environmental Disaster
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (313+ words) Hunga Tonga created the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century'then cleaned up its own mess. Now, more than four years after that impressive volcanic display, a new study in the journal Nature Communications details a completely surprising new fact about…...
A Giant Hot Blob is Heading Toward New York City'and It May Be Capable of Dividing Continents
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (162+ words) Emma Frederickson graduated from Pace University where she studied communication and media. Prior to her time as an editor, she was a freelance science reporter. She enjoys covering everything from shipwrecks to pimple popping, but her favorite topics include climate…...
Scientists Found a Hidden Pattern Behind Devastating Earthquake Swarms
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (22+ words) Understanding why some faults lock up while others rupture could help scientists better understand the most dangerous areas of these fault zones....
Scientists Just Discovered an Entire Hidden Supervolcano in the Middle of Europe
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (216+ words) Don't cancel your vacation plans just yet, because it probably won't erupt soon. But don't worry, you can finish that cappuccino in peace'it's unlikely to erupt anytime soon. "Unfortunately, previous passive seismic imaging studies in southern Tuscany have either covered…...
Part of Earth's Magnetic Field Is Backward. Scientists Just Figured Out Why.
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (302+ words) Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, but new satellite data shows otherwise. To look at this discrepancy more closely, the scientists used large-scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to…...
Scientists Discovered the Secret Behind Earth's "Gold Kitchen
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (417+ words) Submarine subduction zones are rich in the most noble of all metals. Here's everything you'll learn when reading this story: At a universal scale, gold's weighty atomic mass'composed of 79 protons and 118 neutrons'makes it rarer than many of the other elements…...
Geologists May Have Found One of the World's Greatest Treasures. Some Say It's Too Dangerous to Dig Up.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (353+ words) A massive trove of copper, gold, and silver sits lies beneath the Andes'but extracting it could come with a dark price. However, an initial mineral resource estimate completed in 2025 suggests that the companies in charge of mining this area'the U. S. -based…...
Scientists Are Setting Off Earthquakes. On Purpose.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (420+ words) At the Bedretto Underground Laboratory deep in the Swiss Alps, scientists are inducing tiny earthquakes along a natural fault zone in the hopes of understanding what can trigger'and prevent'a deadly earthquake. Here's what you'll learn when you read this study:…...