Something vast is lurking beneath our feet—so immense and anomalous that scientists are rethinking what qualifies as the ...

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

Scientists warn the Strait of Gibraltar could eventually vanish, reconnecting Europe and Africa as tectonic plates shift ...

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Across Africa, the price of a single litre of petrol can determine whether families eat, whether markets open, or whether a ...

Muthusamy’s serene 109 flattened India on the second day, propelling South Arica to a prodigious first innings total of 489 ...

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

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 ...

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

Amber cold health alerts and yellow snow and ice warnings were activated today as wet weather and cold Arctic air brought ...

"He thought the baby’s and mom’s belly buttons 'snapped' together — he had no clue what an umbilical cord was." ...

Johannesburg is the beating heart of the African continent—the financial engine that drives its growth. It is home to the ...