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Geology
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How slow geochemical crystallization sculpted gigantic three-meter orbs in Paleocene mud long before being unearthed by the waves.
Geology
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A colossal time gap where strata spanning more than ten centuries of millions of years vanished on a planetary scale.
Geology
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Microscopic fragments dating back 4,400 million years proved that our planet cooled much earlier than believed.
History
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The potent laxative prescribed to the explorers in 1804 left an indestructible chemical trace that mapped their journey two centuries later.
Geology
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How up to 1,200 million years of rock strata vanished across the planet before the Cambrian explosion.
Nature
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Discover how these coastal engineers defy salinity and lack of oxygen to create vital ecosystems on the world's tropical coasts.
Science and technology
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After a volcanic eruption, the landscape looks like a dead world: ash, molten rock, and desolation. But a microscopic fu...
Engineering
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A wonder of Roman engineering that has stood for nearly two millennia without a single drop of cement.