So what are they, exactly? Basically, they are natural tubes of glass that are formed by a fusion of silica sand or rock during a lightning strike. Much like Lichtenberg figures appear across wood ...
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Instead of A, B or C, British Columbia now grades kindergarten to Grade 9 students on a scale from 'emerging' to 'extending' — and many parents are confused You can save this article by ...
A new survey from the Fraser Institute, which commissioned a series of polls from Leger, found that letter grades on report cards were “significantly clearer and easier to understand” than the ...
A worker has died at a sand mine in Lochaber. Emergency services were called to Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd at Lochaline at about 12:25 on Monday. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Take a walk along a beach in parts of South Australia, and you may come across unusual patches of pink sand. When a team of geologists began analysing samples of this mysterious sand to find out ...