Tiny “Dino Bugs” Found in Amber and Replicated April 5, 2008 | BBC News Paleontologists in Grenoble, France use a powerful X-ray machine to locate miniscule... Geomagnetism / Magnetic Declination December 2, 2008 | Geological Survey of Canada Earth's magnetic field is constantly changing and these changes can impact the... North Magnetic Pole Is Shifting Rapidly Toward Russia January 8, 2008 | National Geographic News An article in National Geographic News explains how the magnetic North Pole... Classroom Activity: Examining Amber February 19, 2009 | National Science Teachers Association The National Science Teacher's Association website has a number of ideas for... Ants Self-Sacrifice to Protect Colony September 26, 2008 | ScienceMag.com An article on the ScienceMag website tells how the Brazilian ant, Forelius... Magnetic Tornadoes on Mercury June 9, 2009 | NASA "During its second flyby of the planet on October 6, 2008, MESSENGER... 101 Pieces of Earth Trivia May 11, 2009 | LiveScience How much do you know about the Earth? This is a question-and-answer... What Killed the Martian Magnetic Field? May 8, 2009 | ScienceMag.org Mars had a strong magnetic field for about 500 million years, then... Insects Used Chemical Repellants 100 MYA September 3, 2007 | Oregon State University From the article: "A new study by researchers at Oregon State... Diamond Trivia June 10, 2009 | Geology.com A collection of interesting facts about diamonds. If you know all... Lava Flow Clues to Magnetic Reversals September 29, 2008 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been dating lava flows and... Fossils Found in Panama Canal July 19, 2008 | Reuters Hundreds of animal fossils have been unearthed by people working to widen... New Dinosaur Fossils in Australia July 8, 2009 | Australian Age of Dinosaurs Three new dinosaur fossils have been found in Western Queensland, Australia. The... North Sea Drilling Costs Are Up September 15, 2009 | Offshore Companies drilling on the UK Shelf portion of the North Sea face... Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Protect Astronauts Working On The Moon December 20, 2007 | University of Washington Solar storms can shoot enormous streams of particles at the Earth and... Spider Web Preserved in Amber December 21, 2008 | National Geographic The world's oldest spider web has been found preserved in amber. The... 4000-Year-Old Amber Necklace December 15, 2008 | The University of Manchester A team from The University of Manchester Field Archaeology Center unearthed a... Ancient Plankton Preserved in Amber November 20, 2008 | Discovery News Scientists have found some plankton preserved in 100-year-old amber in the France's... Shale Gas Potential and Pipelines in North Carolina October 5, 2009 | North Carolina Geological Survey The North Carolina Geological Survey has a new publication: "Shale Gas... Dino-mite! Paleontologists and Explosives May 7, 2009 | National Park Service Some of the most interesting dinosaur fossils on the continent have been... |