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At 2.7 Billion Years Old, This Mountain Holds 40% of All Gold Ever Mined and Still Holds Half a Trillion Dollars
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (483+ words) Beneath a quiet ridge in South Africa lies a 2.7-billion-year-old geological giant that transformed a nation and quietly supplied nearly half the gold ever mined. Under those hills sits the richest gold producing geological formation ever identified. Geological studies and…...
Mining Exploration in Botswana Just Discovered 15 Rare Earth Metals the US Has Been Desperate For
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (648+ words) A Canadian exploration company just pulled rock from beneath one of Africa's most remote wildlife corridors. The cores contained something that isn't supposed to be there. All 15 of them. The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area spans 520,000 square kilometers across five…...
180-Million-Year-Old Microbial Fossils Discovered in Deep-Sea Rocks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) A strange pattern spotted on a remote mountainside in Morocco, once deep beneath the sea, has left scientists baffled. Faint ridges in Moroccan rock have revealed an ancient mystery: signs of microbial life deep below the sea surface, where sunlight…...
ALMA Telescope's New Amplifiers Take Radio Astronomy to the Next Level
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) Cutting-edge low-noise amplifiers are enhancing ALMA's ability to unveil the universe's deepest mysteries, from star formation to the origins of life. The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array) radio telescope, located in the Chilean Andes, has long been a key…...
Divers Unearth $1 Million In Gold And Silver From The Ocean Floor
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (301+ words) In a remarkable discovery off the coast of Florida, divers recently uncovered a treasure trove of gold and silver that had been hidden beneath the ocean for centuries. Divers have uncovered more than 1,000 silver coins and rare gold artifacts from…...
500-Year-Old Treasure Ship Found in the Namibian Desert, Filled With Gold, Ivory and Precious Artifacts
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (450+ words) A buried secret has emerged from one of the world's most desolate deserts " a centuries-old shipwreck packed with lost riches and clues to a forgotten global trade empire. In 2008, miners sifting through the sands of Namibia's Sperrgebiet " a restricted diamond…...
World’s Oldest Intact Reptile Skin Found in Ancient Cave — This Fossil Is Older Than the Dinosaurs
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (312+ words) Scientists just uncovered the oldest known reptile skin'and it's almost perfectly preserved. What it reveals has stunned even seasoned paleontologists. A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on…...
This Young Girl Lived 6,000 Years Ago — And Her Chewing Gum Just Told Us Who She Was
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (484+ words) Stone Age "chewing gum" reveals secrets of a young girl's life 6,000 years ago. This resin-like substance, still bearing visible tooth marks, was so well-preserved that it allowed researchers to gain genetic insights into the woman's appearance, ancestry, health, and even…...
End of the Ice Age Exposed: Ancient Stone Tools Found on South Africa’s Coast
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (538+ words) Stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal intriguing details about life after the Ice Age. What did early humans endure? During the last Ice Age, roughly between 26,000 and 19,000 years ago, the Earth was dramatically different from today. Vast…...
Emperor Penguins on the Brink of Extinction: Population Plummets Faster Than Predicted
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (651+ words) Emperor penguins are rapidly disappearing, with their population declining at an alarming rate. Emperor Penguins on the Brink of Extinction: Population Plummets Faster Than Predicted Emperor penguins are rapidly disappearing, with their population declining at an alarming rate. Emperor penguin…...