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Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth...
Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking...
Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here's how.
Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how.
'Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient...
The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification...
Minerals evolve under pressure in the same way life does,...
Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals...
Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium...
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly...
Metal money wasn't just for the rich in Bronze Age Europe,...
What did Bronze Age people do with all that bronze? New research revives old arguments about the nature of money
'This is largely uncharted territory': Scientists reveal...
New methods applied in live mice suggest that molecules called neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters, play the main role in our response...
Auroras expected tonight and through the weekend as US...
The last gasp of a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection that slammed Earth on Tuesday will bring lovely auroras to parts of the northern...
