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Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakes - Lab Earthquakes Show How Grains at Fault Boundaries Lead to Major Quakes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In a 'seismological wind tunnel,' engineers demonstrate the impact of rock gouge -- ground-up rock a...

Space: The Solar System
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Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ moon Charon: A possible ancient ocean? - Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ moon Charon: A possible ancient ocean?      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Pluto's largest moon may have gotten too big for its own skin. Images from NASA's New Horizons missi...

Paleontology: Climate
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Greenland ice sheet: Short-lived ice streams - Greenland Ice Sheet: Short-Lived Ice Streams      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Major ice streams can shut down, shifting rapid ice transport to other parts of the ice sheet, withi...

Biology: Evolutionary Ecology: General Ecology: Research
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How giants became dwarfs - How Giants Became Dwarfs: The Science Behind Dwarfism      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In certain Lake Tanganyika cichlids breeding in empty snail shells, there are two extreme sizes of m...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry
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Better understanding soft material behavior - Better Understanding Soft Material Behavior      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The mechanics behind the collapse of soft materials structure have befuddled researchers for decades...

Space: The Solar System
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Shocked zircon find a 'one-off gift' from Mars - Shocked Zircon Find a 'One-Off Gift' from Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caus...

Space: Exploration
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Floating in space might be fun, but study shows it's hard on earthly bodies - Floating in Space Might Be Fun, But Study Shows It's Hard on Earthly Bodies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Bone loss happens in humans -- as we age, get injured, or any scenario where we can't move the body,...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Geology
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Hawai'i earthquake swarm caused by magma moving through 'sills' - Hawai'i Earthquake Swarm Caused by Magma Moving Through 'Sills'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A machine-learning algorithm reveals the shape of massive subterranean structures linking active vol...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Volcanoes at fault if the Earth slips - Volcanoes at Fault if the Earth Slips      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study has attributed the root cause of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes to specific geological da...

Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology Paleontology: Dinosaurs
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Ankylosaurs battled each other as much as they fought off T. rex - Ankylosaurs: Fierce Fighters of the Dinosaur Era      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their iconic tail clubs. The excep...

Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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Ultrasound could save racehorses from bucked shins - Ultrasound Could Save Racehorses from Bucked Shins      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When racehorses enter training at about 2 years old, they can develop tiny stress fractures and new ...