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Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them

If big rocks fall far enough they can explode with more energy than any non-nuclear bomb – and the ensuing shockwave can snap large trees half a kilometre away

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Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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Nuclear waste

Physics

Ancient natural nuclear reactors show how to store radioactive waste

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Old rock

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Asteroid strike may have forged the oldest rocks ever found on Earth

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Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

Environment

Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

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Another supervolcano in California is not as dormant as we thought

Environment

Another supervolcano in California is not as dormant as we thought

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Methane ice and winds on Pluto make strange 'sand' dunes

Space

Methane ice and winds on Pluto make strange 'sand' dunes

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The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world

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The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world

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The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

Earth

The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

The ocean tides are the strongest they have been for millions of years, and they will get stronger for several million years to come – because of the position of the continents

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Hawaii volcano is causing havoc and will spew lava for days

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Earth

Moon’s weird pull could help predict deadly volcanic eruptions

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Earth

Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

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Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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