Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

The Herculaneum scrolls, named after a Roman town carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy, in 79 A.D., were ...

Beneficiaries are bringing new ideas to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the future of a four-mile stretch of Mauna ...

An AI simulation of an impact shows basalt-rich (purple) and basalt-poor (green) regions. (Curtin University) The planet ...

The sea is an incredibly powerful treasure trove of biodiversity, but it's also the final resting place for lots of cars.

Quote of the Day: Hollywood icon Robert Downey Jr.'s powerful words offer a ray of hope, reminding us that hitting rock bottom is not a permanent state. Just because you are facing setbacks in life, ...

Under an electron microscope, the particles appeared as intricate, faceted, almost perfectly geometric crystals rather than ...

That’s what the new Engineering issue of MIT Technology Review is all about.  Sometimes the challenges we face are giant, ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

During the height of the Space Race, space exploration occupied a much larger place in American culture and education.

A new international study has found that Indigenous oral traditions, some thousands of years old, hold valuable and often ...