Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, we've all been taught that the Earth is not flat, but it may shock you to learn that it's not perfectly spherical either. As ...

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A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form near the thick and ancient cores of the world's major continents. Researchers ...

1. Earth is not a perfect sphere. Yes, we've all been taught that the Earth is not flat, but it may shock you to learn that it's not perfectly spherical either. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...