This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.
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Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.
The set is available in 19 colors, including a rich clay shade ideal for autumn.
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Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
The wafer-thin coating of clay remained long after the underlying tissues decayed completely, retaining their detailed morphology and forming a perfect clay mask.
Derby County had done the same 24 hours earlier, leaving Norwich, Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday as the remaining clubs yet to triumph on home soil.
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
The primary sources of heavy metal contamination in the cow’s environment, said Akinleye, are feed, water and soil.
Since the April 2022 closing of the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, investors have been dragged into the muck.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
The Gophers’ running game was stuck in the muck for weeks, but running back Darius Taylor got loose with 145 yards on 21 carries and his first rushing touchdown.
Among seismic sports television changes during the past 50 years, the NBA’s new media rights deal, one that officially begins this week, isn’t quite as earth-shaking as CBS losing the NFL to Fox in 1994 or ABC losing Monday Night Football in 2005.
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Barry Jackson
Updated October 21,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.
This clarifying clay mask pairs kaolin and bentonite clays with bamboo charcoal to draw out pore-clogging impurities and sweep away excess oil—without leaving your skin feeling parched.
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
30 Sep. 2025
Oily to combination skin types can rejoice—blurring pigments combine with oil-absorbing kaolin clay for a long-lasting mattifying effect.
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