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Unexplained 'booms' shook High Desert homes, but quarry blasting is ruled out. Residents suspect military aircraft.

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In the fourth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines the ...

Scientists have created the most detailed map yet of deformation in Earth's lowermost mantle, revealing patterns that align with the paths of ancient subducted ocean plates. Using over 16 million ...

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A suspected gunman fired near the dinner, triggering panic and a swift presidential extraction by the Secret Service.

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Cape Canaveral Archaeological Mitigation Project excavates shark bones, Native pottery and 1800s homesteads at Cape Canaveral ...