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11-21-2025
An 8-year-old boy's backyard discovery literally changed science forever
Walk through an oak stand in late summer or fall,...
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11-21-2025
Scientists learn how gold nuggets are created in a matter of seconds
Crack open a chunk of white quartz from a gold...
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11-21-2025
Melting polar ice is unleashing powerful new ocean currents
Polar ocean currents are entering a new phase of motion....
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11-20-2025
Arctic graveyard packed with fossils reveals thriving marine ecosystem 250 million years ago
In 2015, a team of scientists began digging through frozen...
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11-20-2025
Greenland cave discovery reveals the Arctic temperature millions of years ago
Cave minerals from far northern Greenland show that the High...
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11-20-2025
Scorpion-shaped mound may have been an ancient solar observatory
Archaeologists report that a 205-foot scorpion-shaped earthwork in Mexico appears...
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11-20-2025
This century is quickly becoming the era of extreme hail storms around the world
Hailstorms around the world are rising along with the warming...
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11-20-2025
Asia's first 'osmotic power plant' generates electricity using only water, 24 hours a day
On a humid August morning in Fukuoka, Japan switched on...
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11-20-2025
Coastal waters are acidifying much faster than scientists expected
Coastal waters in the Pacific Ocean are becoming more acidic...
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11-20-2025
Glaciers are breathing their own cold air for the last time before disappearing
Glaciers cool the air that brushes over their surfaces today,...
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11-20-2025
Discovery in the deep ocean defies current human knowledge
Far below the waves, between about 1.2 and 3.1 miles...
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2025/11/antarctica-ice-melt_ocean-circulation_amoc_1m.jpg
11-20-2025
Antarctic melt may help protect ocean circulation, but not our coastlines
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the ocean’s great...
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