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  "path": "/articles/what-do-blobs-have-to-do-with-earths-magnetic-field-a-lot-it-turns-out",
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  "textContent": "A research team could get models of Earth’s magnetic fields (left) to match real-world observations (right) only when they included the mantle’s BLOBS in simulations run on the ARCHER2 supercomputer. Credit: Andy Biggin",
  "title": "What do BLOBs Have to Do with Earth’s Magnetic Field? A Lot, It Turns Out"
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