Politics is the art of the possible. And more often than not, the gradual erosion of the political soil by the dirt and ...

This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address, as a pair of researchers investigated how plate tectonics, oceans, and continents are responsible for the emergence and ...

How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.

What happened was that the threefold cord which is not quickly broken snapped suddenly after ever-increasing tension over the ...

Residents of Stamford and Moodus both have experienced small recent earthquakes. They're not unheard of in this region, ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Institute of Oceanography have spotted a strange animal at the junction of three tectonic plates ...

These tips help teachers create an active learning environment by sustaining a culture of inquiry in their STEM classes.

The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of plate tectonics, which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky ...

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule ...

However, history has shown us that the Mediterranean Sea is in a very precarious position. Around 5.97 million years ago, an event called the Messinian salinity crisis occurred whereby the ...