New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological formation.

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...