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Earth’s Core Should Be Impossible. A New State of Matte...

Is Earth’s core a solid or a liquid? Yes. The mysteries of our own planet’s...

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Venezuela's "Islands In The Sky", Explained.

The tepuis of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana are billion-year-old "islands in...

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The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Resha...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone represents a profound disaster in the making....

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Inside the Ring of Fire

The single longest linear feature on Earth--the "Ring of Fire" circles almo...

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How Did Life Begin?

Explore the science of life’s origins, from prebiotic chemistry to the firs...

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How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs

66 million years ago a giant space rock crashed into our planet and killed...

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Discovering Oceania: A Dazzling Tapestry of Islands and...

Explore Oceania, a vast region of the Pacific Ocean known for its stunning...

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The Most Fearsome Volcano on Earth

It is the largest and most fearsome volcanic island on the planet. We'll sc...

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Antarctica Before It Froze

Antarctica today is ice on ice on ice, with a few penguins sprinkled in. Bu...

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When Florida Was Africa

Turns out that Florida man wasn't always Florida man.

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Why Are There Two Tides a Day?

Dig into how the Sun and Moon are responsible for the tides on Earth, and w...

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NEW EVIDENCE: Earth Had Rings (and Might Regain Them)

Planet Earth is the jewel of the solar system—the shimmery blue oceans, the...

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The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth

Scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of why plate tectonics wor...

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Before Pangea: The Supercontinents

Long ago, the Earth's seven continents were assembled in a giant, sprawling...

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What If You Were The Last Person On Earth

What if there was no one left, no one left but you? Could you survive knowi...

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