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In a new study, researchers reenacted how people in Taiwan might have reached the Ryukyu Islands tens of thousands of years ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

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Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made ...

A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...

A slow, rhythmic pulse of hot rock has been found beneath Africa’s fault lines in Ethiopia. Over millions of years, it could ...

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