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The Rock That Proves There’s an Ocean Under Earth’s Crust
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Scientists have suspected for decades that there is a water-containing “transition zone” between the Earth’s upper mantle and lower...
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Fossils + New Technology Let Ancient Predator Walk Again
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Fossils allow us an occasional glimpse into the history of life on our planet, but it takes some imagination to picture what the...
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Water-Based Tractor Beam Could Beam Up Ocean Oil Spills
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] The term “tractor beam” (a shortened form of “attractor beam”) was first used by a sci-fi writer in 1931. It describes a force-emitting...
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Cloud Shadows: Stunning Pics of Earth Clouds From Space
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Earth is an incredibly beautiful place, which can sometimes be hard to remember when you live here. But European Space Agency astronaut...
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Living Lights: Sea Bacteria Make This Swinging Lamp Glow
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] When we think of alternative energy, we usually think of the big players: solar, wind, geothermal, and the like. But there are some...
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World’s Largest Vacuum Chamber Puts on a Physics Show
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Any science class in the industrialized world will, at some point, mention the experiment in which a bowling ball and a feather are...
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Fungus Incubator Turns Plastic Garbage Into People Food
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Although one might argue that the world is facing plenty of seemingly-unsolvable problems at the moment, two of the most troubling are...
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World’s New Deepest-Dwelling Fish is a Ghostly Beauty
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] You know why cartoons about sea life are popular with kids? It’s because animators use adorably stylized versions of actual sea...
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Desktop Termites: Cool Habitat Displays Wood-Eating Bugs
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Humans have a tendency to think of termites as pests, but we seldom take into account the fact that there are thousands of species. Not...
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World’s First Plantable Coffee Cup Contains Local Seeds
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] With the potential to convert nearly 150 billion trashed coffee cups per year (in the US alone) into regional seed bombs, this product...
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Living 3D-Printed Food: Output Seeds in Soil, Grow & Eat
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Printed instead of planted, this strange concoction combines elements of gardening, gourmet dining and 3D printing technologies in a...
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New System Sucks Plastic Out of Oceans 33 Times Cheaper
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] The Ocean Cleanup Project takes aim at the most dire accumulations of trash in the world’s waters: the huge floating ‘garbage islands’...
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Freight Farms: Shipping Containers as Mobile Farming Units
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Location-independent, portable and scalable, this novel approach to agriculture applies principles already used in cloud computing and...
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Coastal Desalination Plant to Produce 50MM Gallons a Day
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] To address to rising drought emergency in California, San Diego is building the largest desalination plant in America – while...
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Whole ‘Lost Lake’ Drains Down Mysterious Hole in Ground
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Each year, an entire lake in Oregon fills up with water, and then empties through a giant hole in its bottom, turning into a temporary...
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Purifying Plants: NASA Guide to Air-Filtering Houseplants
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Plant life in your home can do far more than brighten up the space, filtering toxins and pollutants from the air your breath everyday –...
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Earth’s First Ocean Cleanup Array Set to Deploy in 2016
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Designed to target key points in global oceanic trash circulation, addressing a 7-million-ton problem planet-wide, this system has...
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Naturally Amazing: Crow Catches Free Ride on Bald Eagle
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Photography is part skill, part timing, and a great deal of luck, as the photographer of this incredible scene from nature knows first...
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Crazy Underwater Video Shows Sharks Living in a Volcano
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] A volcano is just about the unlikeliest place to find a bunch of animals, right? A National Geographic team led by ocean engineer...
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Biofluorescent Sea Turtle: World’s First Glowing Reptile
[ Filed under Science & in the Earth & Nature category ] Scientists have discovered the first example of a bio-illuminated reptile in the form of a fluorescent turtle, found while filming...
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