With a new book on the history of wind, Simon Winchester opens up about fear, aging, and the adventures that shaped him ...

A small 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck near San Ramon, California, late Monday night local time, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

The researchers’ simulations reveal that these continental shelves expanded dramatically. Over roughly 350 million years, the ...

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

For four decades, the Dolly Steamboat has carried visitors through the cliff-lined waters of Canyon Lake, offering a ...

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Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi is about to open its doors, and we've got the skinny on the opening date, attractions inside ...

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 newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a remarkably intact impact structure that is now known as the Jinlin crater.

This past spring, Swanson passed the milestone of having 50,000 students take the class from him over the years. It’s a number larger than the population of the British Columbia town he grew up in. He ...

Bird enthusiasts, prepare to wear out your binocular straps – the South Carolina Botanical Garden is a birdwatching paradise that would make even casual observers reach for a field guide. The diverse ...