In a season of calamities both global and local, a reclusive hip-hop oracle resurfaces with a flood of new music.

A dramatic shift in Earth’s magnetic field occurred roughly 41,000 years ago during what scientists now call the Laschamps ...

Ancient ocean grains show Earth’s carbon levels were far lower than expected during key evolutionary eras. The results challenge old theories of life’s rise and hint at patterns that could shape our ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new insights into its future. Earth benefits from the presence of a magnetic field ...

The dance is made up of students in China who recreated the old fable of the rabbit (or hare) racing a turtle and losing.

The timing of Earth's early formation points to a planet that started out dry. So, life’s essential building blocks arrived ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted ...