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Madagascar: The island split in two by time
Ancient tectonic forces shaped Madagascar's landscape. According to a study in Science Advances, it was not created by a single upheaval, but by two rifting phases separated by around 80 million years.
Geology of the Tour de France: Earth science meets cycling
The Grand Départ is scheduled for 1 July, but the preparations for this year's Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes started more than 400 million years ago, when the rocks of the Central Massif and the Vosges Mountains were formed.
Simon St?hler awarded the 2023 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
ETH Zurich Earthquake scientist, Simon St?hler and colleagues were presented with the 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their paper on "Seismic Detection of the Martian Core".