Earth's Interior
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Microwavable Mantle: Physicists Nuke Mock Earth Layer, for Science
By Tia Ghose published
Scientists trying to determine where the missing heat from the Earth comes from have turned to an unlikely source: a microwave oven.

Ancient Huts May Reveal Clues to Earth's Magnetic Pole Reversals
By Sarah Lewin published

Earth's Mysteriously Light Core Contains Brimstone
By Elizabeth Goldbaum published
Researchers have found that the vast majority of brimstone — reverently referred to in biblical times as "burning stone," but now known more commonly as sulfur — dwells deep in the Earth's core.

Crashing Electrons Could Explain Earth's Magnetic Field Mystery
By Becky Oskin published
New research claims to have solved a messy paradox that has plagued geoscientists who study Earth's core and its life-protecting magnetic field.

Gravity Moved Continents on Early Earth
By Jesse Emspak published
Continents move, but what got them going? A new computer model shows it was gravity. Whole continents flattened out under their own weight.
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