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Where did the 1st seeds come from?
From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come from?
Pangaea: Discover facts about Earth's ancient supercontinent
Pangaea is Earth's most recent supercontinent, which existed 320 million to 195 million years ago.
'Another piece of the puzzle': Antarctica's 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago
Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments of an ancient rainforest that covered the South Pole during the Cretaceous period.
El Ojo: The mysterious floating island in Argentina's swampland that looks like a perfectly round eye
Argentina's El Ojo is said to harbor UFOs and the ghosts of ancient deities, but as far as scientists can tell, the island is simply a fluke of nature that formed through erosion and water currents.
'Missing link' found in ancient rocks of Colorado show that Snowball Earth really happened
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.
Global carbon emissions reach new record high in 2024, with no end in sight, scientists say
There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.
Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests
The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old.
How is paper made from trees?
Plant-based paper has been used for thousands of years, but exactly how is it created from trees?
Giant 'phantom lake' dotted with stripy gold islands shimmers in Australian outback
Earth from space A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.
