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Geoscience

Geology Makes You Time-Literate

A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness.

September 24, 2019

Fieldwork Among the Pixels

Virtual and augmented reality diversify geoscience education

September 12, 2019

Data-Driven Discovery Reveals Earth’s Missing Minerals

The quest to uncover the thousands of unknown mineral species.

July 18, 2019

The Paleo-Bell River: North America’s Vanished Amazon

North America’s modern rivers came from an extensive system larger than today’s Amazon.

July 2, 2019

Wind or Water? Hurricane Harvey’s Most Destructive Force

How science can help us prepare for hurricanes, and rebuild after them.

Why Most Planets Will Either Be Lush or Dead

The Gaia hypothesis implies that once alien life takes hold, it will flourish.

June 21, 2019

In Search of Life’s Smoking Gun

A journey to the underwater volcanoes where life may have erupted.

June 7, 2019

Travels in Geology: Touring the Capital Geology of Washington, D.C.

The nation's political center is also home to a rich geological history, found in both natural rock outcrops and the diverse suite of evocative building stones and monuments.

May 30, 2019

Travels in Geology: The Pyramids of Giza

Exploring the wonders of an ancient world.

May 30, 2019

Should We Terraform Mars? Let’s Recap

Elon Musk wants to engineer Mars’ atmosphere. Can he?

October 10, 2018