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An Indian state just made history, literally
And it’s just not Meghalaya on its own. The entire Holocene epoch has been sub-divided into th…
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A NASA astronaut is set to become the first Black woman to live and work at the International Space Station
Jessica Watkins said she hopes to set an example for children of color, particularly young girls, "…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Scientists Have Decided Earth Entered A New Epoch On July 16, 1945
The term 'Anthropocene' was first coined by Nobel Prize winning chemist Paul Crutzen who in 2000 su…
The Telegraph
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Scientists finally finished mapping Earth's 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost continent's mysterious history
The huge landmassl, Zealandia, sits East of Australia. It's been lost underwater for millennia. Sci…
Jenny McGrath,Marianne Guenot
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Earth entered a new epoch on July 16, 1945 - and humans have left behind more than 200 new minerals to prove it
Put another way, humans are responsible for creating the most new minerals on Earth since oxygen fi…
Erin Brodwin
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed Greenland only recently froze and now admits he has 'no idea' about its history
In a 2010 radio interview, Johnson said the island had gotten its name for its once-green landscape…
Eliza Relman
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Chinese cave explorers discovered a 630-foot-deep sinkhole containing a massive ancient forest
"I wouldn't be surprised to know that there are species found in these caves that have never been r…
Amanda Goh
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The Trump administration is reportedly stepping up its war against climate science, by forcing scientists to omit key details from a major report
"The previous use of inaccurate modeling that focuses on worst-case emissions scenarios, that does …
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Results From Buried Antarctic Lake Are Another Bust
The team had been drilling through the ice for more than 20 years before it finally reached the sur…
Robert Ferris
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UPSC CSE exam pattern and syllabus
The UPSC CSE is conducted for the selection of officers in Indian Administration Services (IAS), I…
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Irrigation Could Make Golf Courses Spawn Sinkholes
In my opinion it is possible for irrigation and landscaping to affect the risk of sinkhole developm…
Jennifer Welsh
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Four earthquakes hit India and Nepal, no casualties
The first earthquake was felt in Aalo, Arunachal Pradesh — in north west India at 1:00am. This was …
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US Names Mountain In Honour Of Indian-American Scientist
The US has named a mountain in Antarctica after an Indian-American scientist whose biological resea…
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India May Have A Huge Natural Trove Of Diamonds
The lithosphere varies in thickness across the planet, and does not always reach depths deep enough…
Jennifer Welsh
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Amazing Vintage Photos Show Astronauts In Hawaii Training For Moon Missions
Today, scientists test robots on Hawaii's Big Island for missions to the moon and Mars. In 2012, NA…
Corey Adwar
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6 ways America's national parks have dramatically impacted the history of science over the last century
Over the last century, these parks are, and have always been, vital to science by providing living …
Simone M Scully
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A major scientific organization just refuted NASA's 99.9% prediction that an earthquake will hit LA before 2018
This paper claims a 99.9% probability of an earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater occurring in the n…
Jessica Orwig
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6 ways America's national parks have dramatically shaped the history of science
Over the last century, these parks are, and have always been, vital to science by providing living …