New research reveals the Indian tectonic plate beneath the Himalayas is not a solid slab but is warping and tearing. This ...

By harvesting simple rock from local farms and property, a Massachusetts craftsman slices them, grinds them and finishes them ...

In September 2025, scientists captured a phenomenon never before seen in real time: a tectonic plate actively tearing apart ...

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 ...

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

Twenty-five years ago, just as it was 125 years ago, you could draw the map blindfolded. Whisky meant Scotch, American ...

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

Dozens of earthquakes struck near Japan on Monday following a cluster of seismic activity that rocked the area over the ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by using volcanic tremors to map the magma beneath Tanzania's Ol Doinyo ...

New seismic data reveals that the Indian tectonic plate is breaking apart deep beneath Tibet, in a phenomenon scientists call ...

A sudden earthquake swarm, with tremors up to 3.8 magnitude, rattles the San Francisco Bay Area. Residents report 'jolts' as ...