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Anthony Romilio examines slabs at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia University of Queensland The 200 million-year-old rock slab, on display at a school in Queensland in Australia for 20 years, contains 66 footprints from 47 dinosaurs. The rock was presented to Biloela State High School by a nearby Kalido mine, where it was

Mosaic images of the asteroid Bennu, composed of images collected by the Osiris Rex spacecraft NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona The asteroid Bennu is baffling scientists, and the…

The forests of Staffordshire, England. The experiments test how trees react to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air Shomari Healy, used by kind permission Hiding in quiet country lanes in the West Midlands region of England, it is one of the world’s most studied patches of forest. This fragment of the forest, mainly

ash: (in geology) Small lightweight fragments of rock and glass spit out by a volcanic eruption. atom: The basic unit of chemical elements. Atoms are composed…

Paleontologists working in northern Patagonia, Argentina, have excavated fossils of a small Rinconsaurus titanosaurus, a previously unknown species. Chadititan Kalboy. Image credit: Gabriel Rio. The newly…

Fire and rescue service Dauss fires after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide Getty Images Europe Scientists fear that a major collision between a cargo ship and a fuel tanker in the UK’s North Sea could lead to major leaks of toxic chemicals into sensitive marine habitats, with