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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the geophysics desk.
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A Nature study models changes in Earth’s day length from 1964 to 2019 and finds that gravitational torque associated with the inner core can drive the broad multidecadal variations. In the models, electromagnetic or topographic torques at the core–mantle boundary tend to oppose that motion.
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New ground-penetrating radar and microgravity surveys suggest a corridor and possible chambers near Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The findings revive the possibility that the site contains an earlier royal burial complex, potentially linked to Nefertiti, but direct inspection still requires approval.