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How a Billion-Year-Old Rock Preserved Earth’s Earliest Life
A billion-year-old rock called Franklin Marble preserves evidence of ancient microbial life and reveals how tectonic forces transformed seafloor sediments into part of the Appalachian Mountains.
How Forests Can Save Us—If We Let Them
Forest restoration strategies—from doing nothing to strategic replanting—are being tested to find the most effective path for climate resilience and carbon recovery.
Why Indonesia’s Tri-Colored Lakes Keep Changing
Indonesia’s Kelimutu volcano hosts three crater lakes that change colors due to shifting volcanic gases, mineral content, and rainfall-driven chemical reactions.
How Archaeologists Reconstructed the World’s Oldest Board Games
Archaeologists are using AI, artifacts, and historical texts to reconstruct the rules of ancient board games like Senet and the Royal Game of Ur.
Antarctica’s Volcanic Threat: What Melting Ice Could Awaken
Melting ice in Antarctica may awaken long-dormant volcanoes, creating a feedback loop that accelerates worldwide ice loss and sea level rise.
Whatever Happened to Acid Rain? The 1980s Crisis We Actually Solved
Acid rain has not disappeared—it declined because of coordinated action, offering a rare environmental success story that still needs vigilance to maintain.
Touching Two Continents: The Hidden Cost of Diving at Silfra Fissure
A dive between tectonic plates may be thrilling, but scientists warn it comes at a hidden ecological cost. As tourism grows, Silfra’s fragile microbial ecosystem is quietly vanishing.
Why Some Islands Are Growing Despite Rising Seas
Despite rising seas, many atoll islands are growing or staying stable, thanks to natural sediment movements that reshape land, as long as human activity does not interfere.
Why Parkinson’s Cases Are Surging—and What’s Causing It
Parkinson’s cases are soaring worldwide, and mounting evidence points to pollution, pesticides, and industrial toxins, not just aging, as key drivers behind the surge.
The Chilling Mystery of ‘Skeleton Lake’
High in the Himalayas, Skeleton Lake holds the remains of travelers from across centuries and continents—yet no single story can fully explain its chilling mystery.