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Diving in Antarctica

  • by Greg Watry
  • February 11, 2025
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Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate

  • by Kitta MacPherson
  • October 30, 2024
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  • Science and Climate
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Taking the Earth’s Temperature Over the Past 485 Million Years

  • by Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk
  • September 19, 2024
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  • Science and Climate
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Recent Volcanoes on the Moon?

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 04, 2024
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No Evidence of a Common Set of Regeneration Genes

  • by Andy Fell
  • August 19, 2024
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  • Driven by Curiosity
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Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale

  • by Andy Fell
  • February 29, 2024
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Finding Hope ‘At Every Depth’

  • by Greg Watry
  • January 30, 2024
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
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Molecular Fossils Shed Light on Ancient Life

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 07, 2023
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  • Science & Technology
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Geerat Vermeij Discusses New Book: The Evolution of Power: A New Understanding of the History of Life

  • by Greg Watry
  • November 02, 2023
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  • Driven by Curiosity
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Reanalysis Shows Dinosaurs Not So Warm-Blooded

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 07, 2023
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Aluminum Isotope in the Early Solar System

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 05, 2023
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Climate Trends in the West, Today and 11,000 Years Ago

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • February 27, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
  • Science and Climate
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Mushy Magma Under Yellowstone

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 02, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Discovering Sirtuin Longevity Proteins in Early Branches of Animal Life

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 22, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Human & Animal Health
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Understanding Super-Earth Waterworlds

  • by Andy Fell
  • August 08, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Alyssa Griffin: The Capacity to Care

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 08, 2022
  • Science and Climate
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Martian Meteorite Upsets Planet Formation Theory

  • by Andy Fell
  • June 16, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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Microbes Might Munch Magnetic Minerals at Oil Spill Site

  • by Sarah Stanley
  • May 23, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Carbon, Climate Change and Ocean Anoxia in an Ancient Icehouse World

  • by Andy Fell
  • May 02, 2022
  • Science and Climate
  • Science & Technology
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On Icy Enceladus, Expansion Cracks Let Inner Ocean Boil Out

  • by Liza Lester
  • March 23, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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Meteorite Hunting With Drones

  • by Andy Fell
  • March 10, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Science & Technology
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Ridgecrest Shows How Earthquakes Damage Earth’s Crust

  • by Andy Fell
  • February 18, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Deep Mantle Krypton Reveals Earth’s Outer Solar System Ancestry

  • by Becky Oskin
  • December 15, 2021
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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Evidence for Shared Earthquakes Between San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 14, 2021
  • Science & Technology
  • Driven by Curiosity

Video: Looking for Ancient Fossil Life in Greenland

  • by Andy Fell
  • November 29, 2021
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity

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