Life among the MERtians
What's it like to work on Mars? Stephen J Pyne reviews an anthropologist's account of the team behind the Mars Exploration Rovers
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Analysing ash flows from volcanic explosions
New model identifies two key effects for ash aggregation
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Deep-sea imaging reveals how tectonic plates slide
New layer of melt seen at plate–mantle boundary
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New radiation ring spotted in Van Allen belt
Temporary but long-lived "storage ring" of electrons seen
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Search for ‘unparticles’ focuses on Earth’s crust
Evidence for a fifth force could lie beneath our feet
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Searching for magnetic monopoles in polar rocks
Method advantageous for a range of monopole masses and charges
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Multimedia highlights of 2012
From the fault lines of San Francisco to the insane traffic of Mumbai
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GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon’s fractured surface
Map of lunar gravity sheds light on early solar system
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How Earth’s wandering poles return home
Combination of two mechanisms bring poles back to original location
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Guilty verdict for Italian earthquake scientists
Committee issued false reassurances, says court
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