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Physics

The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been blown into shape by the wind

As rock is carved by the wind, it can take on a sphinx-like shape, meaning the Great Sphinx in Egypt may have been partly formed through natural processes

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Earth

Ancient river valleys discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheet

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Earth's core

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Earth’s core is oddly squishy and we may now know why

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Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and it could happen again

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Environment

How geologic hydrogen went from fringe science to potential green fuel

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Coloured diamonds from the Argyle mine in Australia

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Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

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West Coast of Vancouver Island near a proposed site for carbon storage

Environment

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

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Earth

Canadian lake selected as site to mark the start of the Anthropocene

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A map of Earth's gravity

Earth

There's a gravity 'hole' in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why

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Earth

Dried-up lake may explain why California is 'overdue' major earthquake

Pressure on the San Andreas fault from a now-dried lake could have been sufficient to trigger past major earthquakes in California. The lake’s disappearance could explain why there have been no such quakes for nearly 300 years

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Earth

Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

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Earth

Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia

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Earth

Watch how the continents have shifted over the past 100 million years

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