‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites in the lowest orbits yet
There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...
Cleaner Ships, Hotter Earth: The Unexpected Climate Twist
A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...
Artists create connections between the way humans dance and nature moves in ‘Superradiance’
Have you noticed that when you watch someone move—like watching people dance, or watching your favorite sport—that you almost ...
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Real Twilight Zones in the Real World - and the Weird Stuff You’ll Find There
In fiction, The Twilight Zone is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the ...
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Florida Museum fossils go to space
The Florida Museum isn’t the first institution to send fossils into space. Small fossils of a bat, several dinosaurs, a crinoid, a hominid and a trilobite have also made the journey there and back.
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GEO4926 – Turbulent Boundary Layers in the Atmosphere and Ocean
The second part focuses on the atmospheric boundary layer, including unstable and stable boundary layers. The third part considers the surface ocean, the surface wave-modulated momentum and heat ...
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Layer cake or plum pudding?
geoscientists have been debating whether convection extends from the surface to the core–mantle boundary, or whether the mantle is compositionally and dynamically layered. Geochemical ...