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How to grow a mountain (just add water)

Here's an odd discovery: mountains that experience heavy rainfall actually grow because of it, scientists say. My first guess was that it was due to a build-up of plant life and compacting soil over millions of...

created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Nico Marquardt, "Apophis -- The Killer Asteroid" and NASA

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Nico Marquardt, "Apophis -- The Killer Asteroid" and NASA

And what if NASA is wrong...and the asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and destruction, will not "agree" with the NASA calculations and collide with Earth? Look at the new...

created by korzac | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Incestuous Couple: "We've Done Nothing Wrong"

A German couple, brother and sister by birth but raised separately, have four children together. The courts took custody of the kids while the case gets sorted out, as incest is a criminal offense in Germany, and the brother has already done time in prison for this. The...