Revealed! The world’s only four green sand beaches
Imagine a beach where the sand shimmers not in the usual shades of gold, white, or black, but in a striking, rare green. This ...
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What’s Behind the ‘Blood Rain’ That Turned This Iranian Shoreline Crimson
Last week, beachgoers off an Iranian island were met by an eerie sight. The sand turned bright red as if the shoreline was ...
Ancient Mars Once Boasted 'Vacation-Style' Beaches
"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.
Scientists Found 52-Foot-Tall Underground Ripples From the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...
Mineral bill heads toward a ‘chrometastic’ finish in Maryland
If the chromite bill is approved and signed into law, Maryland would join more than two dozen states that have designated an official state mineral.
Travelers can hunt for million-year-old fossils and more valuable treasures in these spots
Travelers can dig up 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils in New Jersey or mine for diamonds at an Arizona state park. See ...
Pierre Yovanovitch Designs a Set for the Korea National Opera, a Rare Ettore Sottsass Show Opens in Tribeca, and More News
Joseph Specter most recently served as a president and general director of Arizona opera, where he flexed his experience with ...
Long Island brush fires: How homeowners near Sunrise Highway were impacted
East End brush fires shocked some residents and evoked memories of those who lived through the Sunrise Fire of 1995.
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Did the snowball Earth give complex life a boost?
New research published this week in Geology suggests that the two realms ... Formed about 800 million years ago on the eastern shore of a past continent called Laurentia, its rocks would have ...