Science Team Meeting (STM) took place from April 2–4, 2024 at the Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD. During the meeting, 75 people attended in-person. Represented among the attendees ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a ...

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The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

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From Super-Earth To Anti-HIV Drug: Top 10 Science Breakthroughs In 2024 A team of astronomers has made a thrilling discovery, uncovering a planet orbiting a star located approximately 137 light ...

O ne billion years ago, Earth was boring as hell. Animals were yet to evolve and most life was small, simple, and slimy. Even ...

The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere denser than the underlying mantle. One theory holds that the lower ...

A chain of unexplained rings in Australia has been found to be not a natural formation but evidence of millennia of human ...