Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...

Himalayas formed one of the most glamorous and youngest ranges in the world. They lie between the Indo-Gangetic Plains, in ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the earth's mantle begin to ...

Led by James Head PhD’69 P’90, the project uses research on the moon to prepare for astronauts venturing to Mars.

A new study argues that the Great Unconformity, one of geology’s most famous gaps, began far earlier than many researchers had proposed. Drawing on data from ancient rocks in North China, the paper ...

Dentists can expect a “tsunami” of extra work as people who have had cosmetic dental surgery grow older, a report has warned.

There’s one underlying reason that so many oil tankers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes pass through the strait, and that Middle East conflict shakes global energy markets. That reason is a ...

In 1986, Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni when he spotted a giant structure 25 meters below the surface ...

A book lover returns to the timeless pleasure of getting lost amid the stacks and stumbling onto new treasures.