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In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

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Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.