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2 articles
Earth & Climate
Volcanoes: Why Some Ooze and Some Explode
Why eruption style is set by a magma's silica and dissolved gas rather than luck, and why volcanoes cluster at plate boundaries and hotspots instead of appearing at random.
10 minAug 1, 2026
Earth & Climate
Plate Tectonics
Why South America fits Africa, why Wegener was dismissed for half a century, and how magnetic stripes on the seafloor finally supplied the mechanism that turned continental drift into plate tectonics.
10 minJul 17, 2026