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# science
No, the new study about abiogenic hydrocarbons doesn't prove that oil comes from the mantle instead of organic matter decomposing for millions of years at high pressures.
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Climate change deniers seem to hold on to a long discredited Russian hypothesis that oil comes from the mantle, not from dead living things decomposing under immense pressure.
# space
A new eye-catching proposal suggests that the Moon was spun off from Earth instead of being formed in the aftermath of a collision.
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Scientists want to drill into a currently sleeping supervolcano to learn more about it. The payoff would be huge, but so are the risks.
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Even one young Earth creationist making decisions about how we use the planet's resources is already too many young Earth creationists with such power.