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Listen to diamonds erupting from deep within Earth in striking animation
Diamonds erupt from the deep as supercontinents break up. Now you can listen to the "song" of these kimberlite eruptions.
'Terror beast' fossils unearthed in Greenland are more than half a billion years old
Enormous for its time period, this newly discovered marine worm likely ruled the seas at the top of the food chain.
Earth's core wobbles every 8.5 years, new study suggests
Earth's core isn't exactly aligned with its mantle, which results in a cyclical wobble, new research finds.
When did Australia become a continent?
After the supercontinent Panagea broke up around 200 million years ago, how long did it take for Australia to emerge as its own continent?
Earliest known parasitic fungus discovered in fossilized plant frozen in time 400 million years ago
A fossilized plant in a museum collection contained the oldest known disease-causing fungus, with microscopic images showing it bursting through the plant's wall.
6 million-year-old 'fossil groundwater pool' discovered deep beneath Sicilian mountains
Fresh water that trickled down into Earth's crust 6 million years ago became trapped thousands of feet beneath the Hyblaean Mountains in Sicily, forming an aquifer that has not budged since.
Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact
A strange type of glass that was discovered in 1933 in the Libyan desert may come from a meteorite, an analysis shows, but impact crater is still missing.
Seamount twice the size of world's tallest building discovered 'hidden under the waves'
Scientists aboard the Falkor (too) research vessel have documented, for the first time, an extinct volcano towering 5,250 feet above the seabed in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.
