Salt crystals formed when a saline lake dried up 1.4 billion years ago trapped air inside, providing a sample of the ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Could the clock already be ticking on the habitable environment of planet Earth? New models of the Earth’s climate and the life cycles of stars place planet Earth far short of the maximum point of the ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

Soldotna Creek Park serves as the town’s gathering place, with open green spaces perfect for picnics and lazy afternoon naps. The playground keeps little ones entertained while adults can stretch out ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

They occur globally but are especially significant on the West Coast of the United States, where they create 30% to 50% of annual precipitation and are vital to water supplies but also can cause ...

Thankfully, we can still turn to our bookshelves — and podcasts — to ground us. We tapped science doyenne Alie Ward, the host ...

From Agriculture to Ancient Death, Paradise Lost to Pissgrave, Corpus Offal to Coroner, here are the best metal albums of ...