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Jointly administered and funded by UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)—the Council approved its ...

Using novel well cleaning technology, a geothermal well in Kenya recovered its productivity and restored sustainable ...

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A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of shallow, sunlit waters, these microbes may have thrived deep in the ocean, ...

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While Apollo was a ‘Lewis and Clark-like’ scientific expedition, planetary research professor James Head III said, Artemis ...