Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by nearly half ...

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Pandas, think back to your favorite subject in school. Maybe it was English, science, math… or if you were feeling adventurous, geography. The subject itself might be easy to remember, but the actual ...

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In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese ...

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The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Analysis argues U.S. strikes on Iran target China’s energy lifelines, linking Hormuz, Venezuela and rare earth geopolitics ...

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It's not hard to imagine dragons flying around these real-world 'Fourth Wing' destinations.

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A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...