geological

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"The study demonstrates how combining geological analysis with computer modeling can help resolve long-standing questions about how Stonehenge was built."

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Researchers have identified a massive hidden geological feature beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealing a previously unrecognized connection between some of the continent's largest buried landscapes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Although scientists have studied many of these basins individually for years, this is the first time they have been recognized as parts of a single, interconnected geological structure.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

But with the rise of geological prospecting elsewhere, names began to creep in from all over.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson