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YouTube helped solve an evolutionary mystery that's puzzled biologists for decades
Euglenoids are microscopic organisms with both animal and plant traits. A YouTube video gave resear…
Jenny McGrath
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A giant tsunami may have wiped out Stone Age populations in Britain 8,200 years ago, and scientists say a similar natural disaster could hit the islands again
A landslide triggered the Storegga tsunami 8,200 years ago. Researchers want to know if it caused a…
Jenny McGrath
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Alaska's once crystal-clear rivers now resemble dirty orange soda, puzzling researchers
Rivers and streams in Alaska are turning orange and acidic. The cause may be warmer summers and mel…
Jenny McGrath
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The mystery of Siberia's strange exploding craters may have finally been solved
The explosions, which can be heard miles away, create huge craters in the Siberian north, and no on…
Marianne Guenot
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Iceland scientists want to drill a hole straight into a reservoir of molten magma about a mile underground. It could generate limitless energy.
This will be the first time a group purposefully drills into a magma chamber, the pool of molten ro…
Marianne Guenot
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Alien 'dinosaurs' could be lurking on distant planets, scientists suggest
The researchers advocate for examining planets with high oxygen levels and even expanding our searc…
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A mine in Wyoming could contain $37 billion worth of rare earth minerals necessary for wind turbines, electrical vehicles, and other tech
Brook Mine in Wyoming may contain a fortune in rare earth elements like neodymium. The US wants to …
Jenny McGrath
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Is there really another planet hiding deep inside our Earth?
Scientists theorise that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal collision, termed the "gia…
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What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world.
White hydrogen, the newly discovered clean energy gas, could be key in mitigating the climate crisi…
Katie Hawkinson
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A part of Afghanistan not known for seismic activity was struck by an 'unprecedented' number of big earthquakes this week and no one knows when they'll end, an expert says
A region of Afghanistan not known for seismic activity has seen multiple major earthquakes in just …
Katie Hawkinson
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20,000-year-old footprints show humans have been in the Americas longer than previously thought, scientists say
Additional data dates human footprints in White Sands National Park to over 20,000 years ago, some …
Jenny McGrath
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Strange animal fossils helped scientists discover a long-lost continent called 'Balkanatolia'
Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals, b…
Aria Bendix
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Mercury is slowly shrinking, and it's giving the planet wrinkles
Mercury is considerably smaller than it once was. A new study has shown it is still shrinking.
Marianne Guenot
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Scientists finally finished mapping Earth's 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost continent's mysterious history
The huge landmassl, Zealandia, sits East of Australia. It's been lost underwater for millennia. Sci…
Jenny McGrath,Marianne Guenot
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6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
Antarctica is one of the most pristine places on Earth, yet it's changing rapidly due to human encr…
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Mapping Zealandia: Scientists chart the tectonic secrets of Earth’s sunken 8th continent
Zealandia spans approximately a massive 4.9 million square kilometres, making it half the size of A…
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18,000-year-old stone tools are among the oldest found in the US, more evidence that humans lived in the Americas during the Ice Age
Ancient hunters butchered extinct camels and bison in what's now Oregon over 18,000 years ago. Arch…
Jenny McGrath
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Geologist Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and helped solve one of science's biggest controversies
In the 1950s, geologist Marie Tharp turned depth measurements into detailed maps of the ocean floor…
Jenny McGrath
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Earth's mysterious core is weirder than you think, and we're only just beginning to uncover its secrets
From a spinning ball of metal at its heart to mountains keeping it warm, research is starting to un…
Marianne Guenot
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A tiny 'ice mouse' with teeth the size of sand grains survived some of the coldest temperatures when dinosaurs roamed the Earth
Scientists found tiny fossil teeth of an "ice mouse" or shrew-like rodent that lived among dinosaur…