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Long-gone bacteria blows the whistle on gold deposits

Geology Page - May 20, 2015

Silica dust in small-scale gold mining linked to silicosis, TB epidemic

Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation

Improving the hunt for gold

Gold rush in space? Asteroid miners prepare, but eye water first

Looking for a new gold mine? We’ve got the map

Geology Page - October 29, 2013

Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant

Geology Page - July 8, 2013

Making gold green: New non-toxic method for mining gold

Geology Page - June 25, 2013

Where Does All Earth’s Gold Come From?

Geology Page - September 17, 2011

‘Fool’s Gold’ from the deep is fertilizer for ocean life

Geology Page - September 17, 2011

Sulphur proves important in the formation of gold mines

Geology Page - September 15, 2011

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Map & Skulls. Credit: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Paleontologists uncover three new species of extinct walruses in Orange County

November 20, 2020

The origin of endothermy in synapsids, including the ancestors of mammals. The diagram shows the evolution of main groups through the Triassic, and the scale from blue to red is a measure of the degree of warm-bloodedness reconstructed based on different indicators of bone structure and anatomy. Credit: Mike Benton, University of Bristol. Animal images are by Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia

World’s greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness

October 17, 2020

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Magma erupting at the Holuhraun lava field in August 2014. Credit: Bob White

‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions

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