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“Rocks and Fossils”

May 16, 2013 05:20 AM ET // Jesse Emspak
A new chemical process based on corn starch may make future gold mines greener. Continue reading →
May 15, 2013 04:11 AM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
All you have to do is walk in the right stinky right place. Trackways in Brazil have lasted more than 100 million years. Continue reading →
May 8, 2013 03:48 PM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
Atlantis at last! We never tire of discovering it again, and again, and again. But this time it's the real one. Really. Cross my heart. Continue reading →
May 1, 2013 05:27 PM ET // Christina Reed
Fossil evidence shows just what was on the menu about 1900 million years ago, and what Earth's kitchen would have smelled like at the time. Continue reading →
Apr 29, 2013 03:42 PM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
New research shows that the ancestors of both dinosaurs and humans are from Africa. Does Africa possess a special power for evolving consequential species? Continue reading →
Apr 11, 2013 06:18 AM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
A new study shows how violent debris flows hammer away and shape some landscapes -- in contrast to the slow, gentle weathering seen in other parts of the planet. ->
Mar 25, 2013 12:30 PM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
A new theory could explain how colliding tectonic plates manage to burp up deep rocks at the same time they are swallowing others. ->
Mar 21, 2013 12:17 PM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
A seismological blob under California appears to be a piece of a tectonic plate thought long gone. ->
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