What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.
A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have questions, though.
Earth's inner core has shifted shape over two decades, scientists discover
Earth's inner core has changed shape over the past 20 years. A team of scientists studied the core's behavior to understand why its rotation slowed down ...
Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape
A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...
Physicists wowed by record-shattering neutrino detection
The subatomic particle found near Toulon, France, using an underwater detection experiment is the most energetic neutrino ...
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Earth’s inner core is not solid, it is 'shape-shifting' - time for textbooks to be rewritten
New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...
Girl Scout cookies are accused of containing toxins. Here's why they're still safe to eat
A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.
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Volcanoes Could Reveal Where to Dig Minerals For Future Energy Technology
About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 ...
Lab experiments add to evidence that Earth's mantle is more complex than thought
A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing, it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the ...
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Scientists say Earth’s core is changing shape
Dust off your old science textbook from grade school and you’ll probably find a familiar illustration of the Earth sliced in half, revealing the planet’s layers, from the crust down to the core — ...
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...
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Forces deep underground seem to be deforming Earth's inner core
Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...