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The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.

Earth held a deep ocean of magma beneath its surface in its early history, new research finds, potentially explaining odd anomalies seen in the mantle today. This basal magma ocean has been hotly ...