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Improving the hunt for gold

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

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

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Long-gone bacteria blows the whistle on gold deposits

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

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Sulphur proves important in the formation of gold mines

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Researchers developed a technique that allows them to study the atomic arrangements of liquid silicates at the extreme conditions found in the core-mantle boundary. This could lead to a better understanding of the Earth's early molten days, which could even extend to other rocky planets. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Earth’s evolutionary tale, researchers probe materials at deep-Earth conditions

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Partial skull of Columbian mammoth found in Oklahoma

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New idea tackles Earth core puzzle

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Large conical shatter cones within the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, provide visible proof of a meteorite impact 3.5 billion years ago. Credit: Chris Kirkland, Curtin University

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