The Uncommon Mind·9h agoEarth’s Forgotten Nuclear Reactor: The 2-Billion-Year-Old Natural Nuclear Fission Mystery of OkloImagine sitting in a café, your coffee still steaming, when someone casually tells you something extraordinary:
InILLUMINATIONbyTim Carmichael·1d agoThe Great Oxidation Event and the Transformation of EarthApproximately 2.4 billion years ago, the accumulation of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere initiated a profound transformation of the planet…
nana·2d agoJapan, Beyond the Familiar | #054 Ogano — An Ancient Seabed Across the RiverA pale cliff stretches between patches of trees. Fine stripes run across its upper face, and vegetation hides much of the rock at its foot…
Nathan Ridge·3d agoHawaii Is Far From Any Plate Boundary. Its Hotspot Has Left a 6,100 km Trail of VolcanoesKīlauea is about 155,000 years into a growth stage that can last 2 million years, and the drowned volcanoes to its northwest show how that…
Bob Lynn·4d agoMary Horner Lyell: The Hidden Hand That Read Deep Time in ShellsShe read deep time in seashells; history kept his name. Mary Horner Lyell opens the drawers and corrects the label.
Nathan Ridge·5d agoMagnitude 7 Earthquakes Since 1900 Follow Two Belts. A Few Struck Inside the PlatesThe USGS places about 98% of the largest earthquakes in two belts, and the exceptions include a magnitude 8.4 that struck Mongolia in 1905…
nana·5d agoJapan, Beyond the Familiar | #045 Rishiri Island — Where Kelp Dries Below a VolcanoLong strips of seaweed lie in rows beside a road, running almost to the foot of a utility pole between a dark shed and white houses. Of the…
Troy Watson·5d agoZemlya = Earth (Absurd Russian 46)The academic halls of the university were thick with the smell of old paper, pipe tobacco, and ambition. For Candy, however, the real world…
nana·6d agoJapan, Beyond the Familiar | #044 Kumejima — Stone Patterns by the Sea, Castles Above ItBeyond the pale sand lies a band of blue water. Closer to the camera, the shore is broken into a pattern like a turtle’s shell. These are…
Jack Hartley·6d agoThe Mine Behind “Himalayan” Pink Salt Isn’t in the HimalayasThe jar on your table most likely began in a working mine in Pakistan, and the name on the label has been doing a remarkable amount of work…
