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Physics

The village where more elements were discovered than anywhere else

At least four elements were discovered near Ytterby, Sweden, making it the periodic table's most important site and securing the village chemical immortality

Features

Ancient volcanic lava

Earth

Dinosaur extinction lines up closely with timing of volcanic eruptions

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A rescue worker stands neat a collapsed house

Environment

Seismic boom may explain why 2018 Palu earthquake was so devastating

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Curiosity

Space

We’ve hacked the Curiosity rover to learn how mountains form on Mars

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This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

Environment

This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

Features

Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

Space

Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon

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Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

Space

Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

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Dickinsonia fossil

Life

In the beginning: The full story of life on Earth can finally be told

Features

Jura mountains

Earth

Dan Holdsworth captures a vanishing landscape in a point-cloud

Regulars

We kill 60 billion chickens a year, and their bones get preserved by landfill

Environment

When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

When humans have vanished from Earth, one of the most enduring marks of our impact will be the sudden appearance of copious chicken bones in the fossil record

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Earth

Huge 30-kilometre wide meteorite crater found under Greenland glacier

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Earth

Timefulness review – our impulsive and pugnacious age needs geology

Culture

Earth

Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times

News

Earth

Weird rocks in Australia are a missing piece of the Grand Canyon

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