How Expensive Salt Was In The Ancient World (In Today's Dollars)
Salt is common pantry staple these days, but hundreds of years ago it was a valuable and often rare commodity that people traded for other goods.
Scientists discover unusual California lake contains minerals found in space
Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.
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Big revelation: Life’s ingredients found in NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample
Scientists found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved salts evaporates over time, leaving solid crystals. Similar brines have been ...
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Key facts about the U.S. Black population
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.