Pikes Peak, originally named Tavá Kaa-vi by the Ute people, lends its ancestral name, Tava, to these notable rocks. They are ...

“This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator,” said Liam Courtney-Davies, lead author of the new study and a postdoctoral ...

Synthetic cells could mimic the first sparks that led to our existence. Several Dutch institutions are working together to ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established a new pre-industrial reference by using Antarctic ice cores to estimate the average temperature bef ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth’s Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

Percival Everett’s “James” is favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.