When scientists talk about Earth’s history, they often mention huge numbers– billions of years, shifting continents, and ...

The curious minds at What If explore what Earth was really like before dinosaurs roamed the planet. Homes and buildings are wrecked after a tornado touched down inside the city of St. Louis. The ...

Silicon Valley’s love of Tolkien — and fantasy and science fiction more broadly — dates to its earliest days, when rooms at ...

A storm as ferocious as the one of 12,350 BC would likely cause complete mayhem if it were to strike Earth and its ...

Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.

Some creatures made it from the prehistoric era to today. Discover 5 species that have survived since the age of dinosaurs.

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 ...

At the end of the last ice age, the Earth was hit by the strongest solar storm ever known. If something similar occurred ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Rare earths demand could be supercharged by the growth of the humanoid robot market. And it could leave magnet makers scrambling for supply.