A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Of the heavy metals spewed by dying stars, the astronomers were particularly interested in iron-60. That’s because iron-60 is ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

The COVID-19 vaccine continues to save lives, proving the vaccination strategy paid off and was a worthwhile national ...

Glaciers that came as far south as New York and Wisconsin, as some did 18,000 years ago, were not the ... it's been about 600 million years since the earth has had this sort of problem.

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

Its origins lie in the Swahili language, but Africa isn’t the only place to enjoy a safari. On the other side of the planet, ...

Many countries allow shipments below a certain value to cross their borders untaxed. In Europe, the threshold is 150 euros.