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Simon Williams, The Conversation

A billion-year history of Earth’s interior shows it has changed shape more than previously thought

Scientists have known of the existence of blobs for a long time, but how they have behaved over Earth’s history has been an open question.

Nicolas Flament, The Conversation
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Andrew Merdith, The Conversation
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Ömer F Bodur, The Conversation
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Simon Williams, The Conversation
· Apr 10, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Deep dive: Geologists may have discovered a lost continent off the coast of Australia

What constitutes lost continents and can all of them be discovered?

Maria Seton, The Conversation
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Joanne Whittaker, The Conversation
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Simon Williams, The Conversation
· Nov 29, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Britain is leaving the EU – will other countries follow?

The stakes would be even higher for other member states, but populists are bound to make a play for their own referendums.

Simon Williams, The Conversation
· Jun 24, 2016 · 10:40 am

Gun control in America by the right (and wrong) numbers

All sides in the debate on gun control in the US are quick to point to numbers they say back their arguments. But are they playing fair with those figures?

Simon Williams, The Conversation
· Mar 17, 2016 · 11:30 pm