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Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility

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Giant Prototaxites fossil reveals an extinct branch of complex life on Earth

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have been like. As an organism that appeared to grow up through Earth’s crust in ...
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Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought

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Vast source of rare Earth metal niobium was dragged to the surface when a supercontinent tore apart

Potentially the largest known source of niobium discovered in central Australia formed 830 million years ago, and we can thank the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia. When you purchase ...