Scientists from Russia’s Chechen State University claim to have unearthed at least 40 of the world’s largest “dinosaur eggs,” measuring up to 3 ft. (1 m) in diameter and dating back roughly 60 million years. Apparently, while blasting through rocks to build a road in southern Russia’s turbulent Chechnya republic, workers found a cluster of […]
Archive for July 29th, 2012
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Discovery Sheds Light on Mantle Formation


Geologist unearths ancient rocks from ocean floor dating back two billion years Uncovering a rare, two-billion-year-old window into the Earth’s mantle, a University of Houston professor and his team have found our planet’s geological history is more complex than previously thought. Jonathan Snow, assistant professor of geosciences at UH, led a team of researchers in […]