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MIT-educated Rep. Thomas Massie vs. John Kerry on climate change
MIT-educated Rep. Thomas Massie asking. John Kerry about CO2 levels in the past.
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What is a Supervolcano?
What distinguishes this kind of volcano from regular volcanoes, and what will happen if—or when—one erupts?
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Scientists Found Something Extraordinary In A Hole On Their Way To The Center Of The Earth
Working across three decades, Soviet scientists dug the deepest hole on planet Earth. But tens of thousands of feet down, they stumbled across some unusual things...
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The moon may be tectonically active, and geologists are shaken
A new look at Apollo-era seismic data revealed that the moon's insides might be warmer than scientists thought possible.
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California's Eerie 'Earthquake Pause' Is Unprecedented
California hasn't seen a ground-rupturing earthquake in 100 years. That's unprecedented.
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NASA studying 'untouched' moon rocks from '70s
NASA is taking a closer look at moon rock samples gathered through the Apollo program, launched nearly 50 years ago.
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There’s new evidence for what happened to people who survived Vesuvius
Archaeologist studied tomb inscriptions and matched names to historical records.
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The north magnetic pole just changed. Here's what that means.
The foundation of many navigation systems, the World Magnetic Model finally got a much-needed update with the end of the U.S. government shutdown.
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Is Your Home in an Earthquake Zone
Search by address to see whether you are in an Earthquake zone.
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft found a remarkable similarity between Earth and Saturn’s moon Titan – BGR
NASA's Cassini spacecraft went on a long and treacherous mission that ended last year in spectacular fashion. The large space explorer dove into Saturn's atmosphere, exploded into flames, and then disintegrated into nothing.
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NASA rover spots strange 'stick-like figures' on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover is eyeing a group of angular formations on Mars that stand out from the usual rocks.
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Huge movement detected near San Andreas fault - AOL
A worrisome new analysis of GPS data has shown new areas of motion near the San Andreas Fault system.
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Ice on Mars: The Red Planet is going through an Ice Age - CNET
Data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests the Red Planet is going through an ice age.
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Ceres' landscape is mystifying scientists - Business Insider
VIDEO: Ceres has a mountain almost as high as Mt. Everest.
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What Would Happen If There Were No Moon?
Inside Science Television produces short-form news videos about cutting-edge research and science developments. More info at http://www.InsideScience.org INS...
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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars | NASA
New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
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Hot times at Yellowstone: huge magma chamber found deeply buried
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deep beneath Yellowstone National Park, one of the world's most dynamic volcanic systems, lies an enormous, previously unknown reservoir of hot, partly molten rock big enough to fill up the Grand Cany
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Scientists Venture Deep Inside Mysterious Siberian Crater And Come Back With Incredible Photos
Scientists are closing in on what caused three massive holes to open up mysteriously in northern Siberia last July. This week a team of Russian researchers roped their way down 34 feet to the bottom of the largest crater and found no evidence of a...
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Iceland Volcano Blasts Back to Life
The crack feeding the lava flow has also expanded to the north and south, and is now almost 1 mile (1.5 km) long. The volcanic activity kicked off Aug. 16, when thousands of small earthquakes underneath the Bardarbunga volcano signaled fresh magma (molten
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NASA Unveils Best Map Ever of Neptune's Moon Triton (Photo, Video)
A scientist has created the best-ever global color map of Neptune's big moon Triton, using images taken by a NASA spacecraft 25 years ago.
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Astronomers discover Earth-sized 'diamond' 900 light years away
The world's largest diamond, the Cullinan, is a tad over 3,100 carats uncut. Its estimated value is some $2 billion, and it only weighs about 1.37
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Scientists Have Discovered A Planet They Thought Was Impossible
Based on what we know about how solar systems...
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Unique Crystals: Newfound Purple-Pink Mineral Is Like No Other
A new purple-pink mineral that has a chemical composition and crystalline structure unlike any of the known 4,000 minerals has been discovered at a mining site in Western Australia, researchers report. Now called putnisite, the mineral was discovered in a
