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Earthy Layers

A glass filled with brown kinetic sand stacked over bold stripes of red, yellow, and green shows perfect layering precision.
A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.
Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...