New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to ...

Surface volatiles—chemical substances that easily become gases or fluids at relatively low temperatures and pressures—are ...

The first step in gold’s journey does not happen in a mine, a fault, or a hydrothermal vent. It begins far deeper, in mantle ...

The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway endowed the region with its petrochemical riches—and ...

A massive fault beneath Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been confirmed to extend offshore as a continuous deep fracture through ...

A mineral discovered inside a Brazilian diamond that formed at least 300 kilometres below the Earth's crust has been named ...

If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several ...

New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to locating the rare earth ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...

Ian McNulty found superlative boiled crawfish at Bon Temps Boulet's, and some surprises from the barbecue smoker as well.

There is a hidden ocean trapped inside a blue mineral 700 kilometers below your feet. It holds triple the water of every sea ...

Sunken slabs from long-lost tectonic plates are still churning around in Earth's interior, far below your feet. In a new ...