Oldest Stone Tools – 71,000 YBP November 11, 2012 | The Australian Archaeologists working near Mossel Bay, South Africa have found small stone tools with an estimated... An Early Start for the Stone Age August 15, 2012 | University of Colorado Boulder "The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously... Tools for the Geologist April 1, 2013 | Need a new rock hammer, chisel, field bag, hammer holster, field book, hardness set, hand... Meteorites: Tool kits for creating life on Earth February 6, 2012 | Carnegie Institution for Science "Meteorites hold a record of the chemicals that existed in the early Solar System and... Subbituminous Coal Production October 1, 2012 | Energy Information Administration Prior to the late 1970's most of the coal produced in the United States was... Lava Oceans on Mercury? March 3, 2013 | MIT News "Scientists at MIT have proposed that Mercury may have harbored a large, roiling ocean of... Maps for Water Managers February 25, 2013 | USGS "For the first time, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have mapped long-term average evapotranspiration rates across... Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions with Satellite Data November 12, 2012 | MSNBC A study of Indonesian volcanoes demonstrates how a satellite monitoring changes in the shape of... |