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Washington's Most Underrated State Park Is Better Than Mount Rainier National Park
Though its landscape is quite different, this amazing but unsung Washington state park is arguably just as breathtaking as the famous Mount Rainier.
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This State Park In Pennsylvania Has The Most Unique Rock Formations In The US
Tucked away in Huntingdon County, Trough Creek State Park showcases rock formations so uniquely spectacular that geologists get misty-eyed just thinking about them, yet somehow this 541-acre ...
1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
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Fossil footprints confirm the earliest human activity in North America
Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...
How the Columbia River Basin formed over millions of years
Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.
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The world’s oldest boomerang is even older than we thought, but it’s not Australian
When the archaeologists dated the boomerang in Poland, it was dated to 30,000 years ago. In the same area, a human thumb bone ...
Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years
Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
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A Mud Volcano From the Ice Age Has Just Been Discovered—And It’s More Active Than We Thought
In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back ...
A veteran hiker and a geologist share their favorite Ice Age Trail segments
Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They share favorite segments.