Who among us outside of those who run governments throughout the world, are in a position to present facts about petroleum reserves without actually being involved in the politics that create the questions we all have when it comes to…
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Fossilization is the process by which biological remains are preserved for long periods of time. The resulting fossils are good records of life from a specific place and/or period and provides archaeologists with the necessary artifacts to understand the biodiversity…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
The Mountain Pass Mine, in the Mohave Desert, was discovered by accident. Two prospectors were looking for uranium when their borrowed Geiger counter reacted at an outcrop. They sent a sample to be assayed by The United States Geological Survey,…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
“Lazy College Professors Never Produce Sufficiently Educated Graduates To Dramatically Help Executives Trim Yearly Losses.” What?! Don’t worry, this is just one of the mnemonics that are used to remember the rare earth metals, or the lanthanoids Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium,Europium,…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
Natural disasters are one of the world’s wonders – we are still continually studying these to see how we can improve evacuation plans and be able to predict every single natural disaster. Natural disasters are very annoying to some people,…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
Magma contains all of the chemicals and minerals of the Earth in hot and liquid form. When magma escapes from the heat and engages in cooling, rock forms. When the magma escapes into the atmosphere, it forms into “igneous extrusive”…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
Geothermal energy is a term used to describe the extraction of thermal energy from the ground by heating water. This heat energy can then be used for a number of applications, usually either heating a building or generating electricity. However,…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
Many people eat minerals, but not many people would eat a rock. Would you eat a rock? If you eat salt or take iron tablets, you are consuming a part of a rock. Although there is a relationship between rocks…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
We all learnt at school, that the Earth rotates on its axis, giving us night and day. We may think the length of a day has not changed, but it is getting longer by a scientifically measurable amount. However, the…
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September 30, 2014 Earth Science
The element titanium is a silver colored metal found in group 4 and period 4 of the periodic table. The atomic number of titanium is 22 and it has an atomic mass of 47.867. It is the ninth most common…
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