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A new species offers a clue to the boom of giant dinosaurs

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (589+ words) Titans once towered over Thailand. A research team led by National Geographic Explorer Sita Manitkoon has discovered a new long-necked dinosaur they estimate was over 88 feet long and weighed nearly 30 tons. "Initial measurements of the bones excavated suggested that this…...

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Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (402+ words) A new rift forming beneath Zambia could eventually split the African continent apart, a new analysis of geothermal springs indicates. The Kafue Rift is part of a 2, 500km-long zone running from Tanzania in the east to Namibia in the west…...

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Scientists discover Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (622+ words) Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 meters) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer size. Researchers…...

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Earthquake rattled areas north of Bear Lake Friday morning - AOL

2+ day, 50+ min ago  (410+ words) BENNINGTON, Idaho (ABC4) " A sizeable earthquake hit near the Utah-Idaho border on Friday morning. According to the U. S. Geological Survey, the quake rattled areas north of Bear Lake just after 5 a. m. on Friday. The depth was 2. 6 kilometers, and it was measured at a…...

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Things to know about the extraordinary 'dinosaur birds' of Uganda - AOL

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (188+ words) Olive Safaris Uganda on Sunday shared an entertaining list of "things to know" about prehistoric-looking shoebills, which have achieved icon status in the East African nation. The list, which helps to explain why shoebills are so alluring, is provided below…...

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Mercury has a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds under its surface

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (1284+ words) Mercury does not look like a world built for extravagance. It is small, battered, sun-scorched and gray. Yet far below that dark surface, the innermost planet may hold one of the stranger planetary treasures in the solar system: a layer…...

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California county rocked by harrowing 'earthquake swarm' as 350 strike in one day - AOL

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (440+ words) A sudden onslaught of over 350 earthquakes rattled Southern California over the weekend, the strongest a 4. 7-magnitude quake, causing fear among some residents who said they felt as though the shaking would never end. This type of cluster of earthquakes is…...

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I led hikers up an Indonesian volcano - and then it erupted - AOL

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1011+ words) An Indonesian guide who led a group of hikers up Mount Dukono has described the harrowing moment they were caught up in Friday's eruption, which killed three people in his group. Reza Selang narrowly escaped from being crushed by a…...

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Thailand's "last titan' may be Southeast Asia's biggest dinosaur - AOL

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (279+ words) (News Nation) " It stood about half as tall as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and weighed as much as nine Asian elephants. Scientists are calling it Thailand's "last titan." Researchers from University College London say they have identified Southeast Asia's…...

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Indonesia volcano eruption kills three hikers as rescuers race to reach survivors - AOL

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (786+ words) At least three hikers were killed and five injured after a group of climbers were caught up in a volcano eruption on Indonesia's Mount Dukono. Authorities launched an urgent mission to rescue a group of 20 hikers who were believed to…...