A backgammon set with board and pieces, also uncovered from Australia. The game is made with highly polished slabs of ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring Billion.” They assumed not much occurred during the time: mountain building ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is no stranger to furthering eyebrow-raising ideas. Lately, for instance, he’s been hypothesizing that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — broadly believed by his peers to ...

A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways to reconstruct Earth's ancient climate. Led by UNM Earth and Planetary ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along with collaborators, has found that long-term orbital variations occurring over ...

In East Antarctica, scientists found ice holding air unseen for six million years. Ancient sky, perfectly sealed. Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache Cargo ...

Antarctica is far more than just a bucket-list destination for travelers and a home for penguins. It's a veritable time machine, holding evidence from millions of years of Earth's climatic history ...

Becca Dallas, mother of Ethan Dallas, and her attorney Alexandra Walsh join The Situation Room to share Becca’s warning to fellow parents after losing her son to suicide, alleging that a sexual ...

The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg. Reading time 3 minutes Science likes to travel far in search of new phenomena, but ...

The breakup of the ancient supercontinent Nuna during Earth's "Boring Billion" years drastically shook up the planet, and the reshuffle may have created the conditions that gave rise to complex life, ...