We take a look at a handful misconceptions about Antarctica, from its alleged populations of bears to its current ownership.

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Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

Take a fascinating journey through all 49 European countries, each with its own story to tell. From mountain peaks and tiny ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

For instance, in English we use sense or feel. In German, there are several corresponding words, one of which is wahrnehmen, ...

Once isolated insurgencies in remote deserts and jungles have turned into full-blown wars of terror, turning several regions ...

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This year's fire season in Australia feels unpredictable. One week brings torrential rain, the next a burst of heat, followed by a sharp cold ...