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Ingenious new technique shows Mars' Mount Sharp to be very porous

Yay for creative science!

Mermaids offer a rare view of our oceans' subsurface

These are not your average mermaids, however.

Oldest feather does not belong to Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx remains a key link in dinosaur-bird evolution, but maybe it wasn't all that unique.

Earth's inner core became solid just in time to save the planet

Drama, suspense, plot twists -- science has it all!

The Sahara swings between 'lush' and 'desert' every 20,000 years, in sync with the Earth's tilt

It will be another 10,000 years before the Sahara ought to turn into a savannah.

Researchers find a new class of planets, made of sapphires and rubies

Ca-ching!

Sea level change isn't constant across the East Coast -- because of long-past glaciers

Gone but not forgotten.

British scientists in Guatemala use drones to help locals predict volcanic eruptions

This can end up saving many lives.

Coastal erosion reveals incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprints in southern England

It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.

"Prehistoric Pompeii" answers the question of when animals first moved on land

It's so sad though :(.

Giant marsupial predator was "unlike any living animal"

It was a fierce beast.

252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today

If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.

Volcanoes are fed by 'mush reservoirs' instead of magma chambers, study suggests

We mush talk about this.

Siberian 'unicorn' lived alongside early humans

However, it's not humans that brought its demise, but another familiar culprit.

Giant, mammal-like herbivore roamed alongside Triassic dinosaurs, new fossil reveals

This could change a paleontology book or two.

The main types of seismic waves: P, S, and surface waves

Seismic waves can either be body waves or surface waves -- but the full story is far more complex.

Italian supervolcano might restart eruption cycle, new study concludes

There's no reason to panic, researchers stress.

Scientists find huge 19-mile impact crater under Greenland's ice sheet

A meteorite might have slammed into the island as early as 12,000 years ago.

Rising seas might mean more coral reef islands -- if we don't murder all the corals

We might get more 'exotic' if we dial down on the 'extinction'.

Dinosaur-aged birds had modern flying skills

A new study deepens the mystery of avian extinction following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Deepest volcanic eruption lies in a field of glass at the lip of the Mariana Trench

Adelle is surely rolling somewhere around there.

Dinosaurs laid colored eggs and passed this trait on to birds, new study shows

Dinosaurs developed colored eggs for the first and only time in history, a new study suggests.

The biggest birds in history were probably nocturnal -- and blind

They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.

Tiny bug trapped in amber gives clues of tectonic movement

This tiny bug tells a story much bigger than itself.

Earth's inner core is solid, seismic waves reveal

It's amazing how we can learn things about the very depths of our planet.

Researchers find Jurassic piranha-like flesh-eating fish, and also spot their victims

The Jurassic had flesh-eating fish... of course it did.

'Earliest evidence of life' may just be really old rock

The debate is far from over, though.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows signs of "strike-slip" tectonic activity

This could, ultimately, help us look for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.

Italy's Mount Etna might soon collapse into the sea

Well this sure ain't good news.

Underwater volcano found off Australian coast may act as superhighway for whales

The chain of seamounts is brimming with underwater life.

Ice spikes on Europa could be threatening for future missions

An ice penitence in outer space.

Volcanoes on dwarf planet ooze ice instead of molten lava

Ceres just got a heck of a lot more interesting to researchers.

The British mainland was formed by three continental collisions

Bumpy start!

Kidney stones form like any rock, may hold day-by-day history of your body's health

We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!

Fossil finding shows how early mammals developed early traits

What do you get when you cross a reptile and a mammal? We don't know, but it certainly evolved from a synapsid.

AI can now predict where an earthquake's aftershock will hit next

Previously, researchers were able to predict when and how strong an aftershock will be. The new findings complement the big picture.

Ozone-depleting chemicals may have caused the largest mass extinction in history

A massive volcano in Siberia killed 90% of all life, and halogen chemicals spewed by it played a major role.

Scientists analyzed the composition of dinosaur DNA -- and it's really similar to birds'

Life, uhm, finds a way.

Earth's magnetic poles might flip a lot faster than we thought -- and we're woefully unprepared

A pole reversal could fry our electronics.

Scientists show how a mineral could be used to suck CO2 from the atmosphere

This could be big.

Researchers find Earth's oldest rocks -- and they were probably created by meteorites

4 billion years -- how's that for old?

Enigmatic creatures that lived 630 million years ago were animals -- but not like anything we've seen before

To the untrained eye, they look just like plants, static and seemingly inactive. But things are not always as they seem.

Unique 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite is a remnant of the early solar system

It's older than Earth itself!

A shattered tectonic plate underpins the Tibetan Plateau -- explaining the area's weird earthquakes

The frayed head of the Indian plate keeps shaking up the whole area.

Welcome to the Meghalayan Age -- you're living in it

Geologists used climatic changes to define the new period -- but not everyone agrees.

There may be a quadrillion tons of diamond in the Earth's depths -- but we'll never mine it

There's more diamonds than you can imagine.

Researchers find oldest pigmented biological molecules -- they're bright pink

It's still pink, after all these years.

Scientists zoom in on likely site of next San Andreas earthquake

Scientists have managed to see the unseen.

Broadband equipment could be used to study faults and other geological features

Cables could do much more than offer you internet.

Hawaii Authorities: Please don't swim near erupting volcano

Shocking, really.

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