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To author Anjana Khatwa, rocks are “storykeepers of time.” She blends science and spirituality to explore the origin story of our world.

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As Africa undergoes a dramatic geological shift that may one day split the continent in two, here’s everything you need to ...

A deep heat mass beneath the Appalachians appears to have started near a rift between Greenland and North America. Its slow southward journey reveals that ancient tectonic events still influence the ...

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In April 1854 a 31-year-old British naturalist by the name of Alfred Russel Wallace stepped ashore at Singapore harbour to ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising discovery within lunar rocks collected over five decades ago. A tiny sample of the ...

A giant crack is tearing through Africa—and it’s not slowing down. Hidden beneath the surface, a dramatic geological shift is ...

Scientists have uncovered massive, dense rock structures deep beneath the western Pacific, challenging long-held theories ...