Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way
Ancient volcanoes in New South Wales created a rich deposit of precious rare earths – and left clues for finding more.
Romania’s ‘Living’ Rocks Expand and Multiply in a Strange Natural Process
Trovants in Romania grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater Found near Costești, they expand and form ‘baby’ rocks Myths claim trovants are dinosaur eggs or alien formations ...
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A Game About Digging a Hole Releases, Is Exactly As Its Title Promises
With the back yard safe from prying HOA eyes and a convenient electric digging tool in hand they tear into the earth to get ...
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How Does a Water Softener Work? How They Protect Your Home?
Hard water gets into the water softener system from the main water supply. It ensures all water you use in the home gets proper treatment. Inside the device, there’s a tank full of tiny resin beads.
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Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu
Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...
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Romania's trovants: The bulbous 'living' rocks that inspired folkloric tales of dinosaur eggs and aliens
Trovants are rocks that grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater. Romania is home to a cluster of trovants that inspired ...
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Scientists Found One of the ‘Rarest Minerals on Earth’ Thanks To a Letter Written 75 Years Ago
The 75-year-old letter was written by a coal miner who said that this mineral was mined at that time from a site in Germany.
Martian lava rocks shed light on critical period of red planet's history
No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.
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NASA finds life's building blocks from an unknown water world in asteroid sample
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
Harmony Gold Reports Five Deaths at Two Separate South African Mines
Harmony Gold Mining said that five people died in two separate incidents in South Africa on Tuesday morning and that the causes of the accidents are currently under investigation.
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized
Even though humans have pondered the moon since the first of us looked skyward, there is still much we don't know about it.