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Download this huge, beautiful, USGS map of all of North America's bedrock formations here. How did I estimate the location of Timmins, Ontario, Canada? By using our MapMaker Interactive, of course!
Map by Kate E. Barton, David G. Howell, José F. Vigil, USGS

Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life

05/17/2013by carylsue Leave a comment

SCIENCE Ancient Water, New Hopes in Search for Life Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years. The water might contain microbes […]

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Scientists Discover Possible ‘Lost Continent’

05/10/2013by carylsue Leave a comment

SCIENCE Scientists Discover Possible ‘Lost Continent’ Researchers may have discovered granite remnants of a “lost continent” off the coast of Brazil this week. How do continents get lost in the […]

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Curry School Program introduces 3D printers to Middle School students

Beyond the Pistol Print-Out

05/09/2013by carylsue 1 Comment

TECHNOLOGY Beyond the Pistol Print-Out This week a 25-year-old law student made international headlines when he used a 3-D printer to “print out” a functional .38-caliber pistol. It was a […]

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This amazing graphic shows the linguistic evolution of 200 common words, or cognates, across languages.
Graphic by Oliver Uberti, National Geographic

Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old Words

05/07/2013by carylsue 1 Comment

SCIENCE Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old Words Researchers have come up with a list of about two dozen words that have survived, fundamentally unchanged, for 150 centuries throughout Europe and Asia. Discussion […]

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