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Paul Smith

The adventures of a geologist: From shipwrecks to mapping the Arctic

Before directing the Oxford Museum of Natural History, Paul Smith mapped remote Greenland and was once left stranded when his ship went down

Regulars

leaf-like rangeomorphs

Life

The bizarre plant-like animals that say life’s big bang never happened

Features

Surface of Venus

Space

Strange volcanic domes on Venus may be made from hot crystal mush

News

Cheffois quarry

Life

Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries

Features

Super-deep diamonds contain traces of a pristine chunk of early Earth

Earth

Super-deep diamonds contain traces of a pristine chunk of early Earth

News

Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip within our lifetime

Earth

Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip within our lifetime

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Plate tectonics began nearly 2 billion years before we thought

Earth

Plate tectonics began nearly 2 billion years before we thought

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The north pole is moving and if it flips, life on Earth is in trouble

Earth

The north pole is moving and if it flips, life on Earth is in trouble

Features

Mountain

Life

Organic matter from space preserved in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks

News

Oil seed rape is now farmed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area

Life

Cannabis plant evolved super high (on the Tibetan Plateau)

An analysis of pollen suggests cannabis evolved on the Tibetan Plateau, not far from a cave that was frequented by our ancient Denisovan cousins

News

Earth

Underland is a profound journey into the mirror world of the dead

Culture

Space

Saturn’s moon Titan has an alien lake district that looks like Earth

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Earth

We've discovered a massive dinosaur-era river delta under the sea

News

Earth

Scientists chasing waterfalls discovered something they aren't used to

News