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Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosystem filled with hot water that sheltered microbial life

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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

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The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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Dinosaurs could survive in cold conditions, as illustrated by Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived between 127 and 121 million years ago

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Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

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Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky

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Nepal and Northern India are not overdue for a huge earthquake

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FKE16F Ladram Bay. Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Devon. UK.

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The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology

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2Y7EFN0 The Bell on Bell Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines

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EJ532Y The 11/19 pit and twin slag heaps in Lens (France) or residues left over from the coal extraction process.

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We've found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps

Scientists have discovered a new type of sedimentary rock made of debris from slag heaps, formed in the geological blink of an eye. Could this be good news, asks Graham Lawton

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Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms

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Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth

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Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

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Giant boulder on clifftop in Tonga was carried by a 50-metre-high wave

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