inner core (USC Graphic/Edward Sotelo)

The rotation of Earth’s inner core has slowed, new study confirms

JPL / NASA

Laser tests reveal new insights into key mineral for super-Earths

Garnet washed up as pink sand on a beach in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. Photo credit: University of Adelaide.

A mountainous mystery uncovered in Australia’s pink sands

A schematic cross section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the ocean floor plate (light grey) moving under the North American continental plate, along with other features. (Courtesy USGS)

Cascadia Subduction Zone, one of Earth’s top hazards, comes into sharper...

Earth

Fresh findings: Earliest evidence of life-bringing freshwater on Earth

Composite image using high-resolution microscopy and spectroscopy showing the absorption and replacement processes of rare earth elements in the eggshell.

A cracking discovery – eggshell waste can recover rare earth elements...

San Andreas fault

Could geometry offer a new explanation for why earthquakes happen?

Yowah Nut Opal

Yowah Nut Opal

Photograph of a T. rex skeletal cast at Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Germany. T. rex lived at the end of the Cretaceous (about 66 million years ago) and was exclusive to western North America. Credit: Kai R. CasparKai R. Caspar

T. Rex not as smart as previously claimed

The artist’s impression shows a dromaeosaur, a type of feathered theropod, in the snow. This dinosaur group is popularly known as a raptor. A well-known dromaeosaur is Velociraptor, portrayed in the film Jurassic Park. Credit: Davide Bonadonna/Universidade de Vigo/UCL

First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago

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