Geology, characterized as the study of the Earth, its layers, and its minerals, has shaped the Imperial Valley for millions ...

The discovery that amino acids can form in more ways than we thought is another boost to the search for life beyond Earth. If ...

We are fortunate to have an amazingly diverse collection of rocks waiting to be recognized and appreciated. Each beach rock tells a rich story—from its initial formation, often deep within the Earth, ...

The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...

Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I’m hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a high-octane window into Earth’s vibrant, often violent history. Every rock tells a ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Critical minerals in the state include antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, cesium, fluorspar, graphite, lithium, manganese, ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

Thirty years after first being eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, funk gods Kool & the Gang were finally inducted at a ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night. The group that wrote ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...