Set in a 738 acre Denver Mountain Park, Red Rocks Amphitheatre is no ordinary stage — it’s also a geological wonder. Discover ...

The Sterling Mine, the last operating mine in New Jersey, suspended large-scale commercial mining operations in 1986. Since ...

Life needs sufficient phosphorus. However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there sufficient phosphorus four billion years ago for life to ...

Three sinkholes have appeared on the section of Route 80 that opened in 1960. Questions surround the contractor, but is there more to it?

During serpentinization, awaruite (Ni₃Fe) forms as a secondary mineral when liberated nickel (Ni 2+) and iron (Fe 2+) from the olivine, pyroxene, and chromite minerals react with the abundant hydrogen ...

Rock formations can appear to be static, silent observers of the passage of time. But under their apparently immovable form, they are in a state of constant change, molded by immense natural forces.

A man astonishingly transforms an empty Coke can and some discarded trash into a fully functioning ... The camera is left hidden between rocks in the wilderness for an entire week, slowly recording ...

Scientist is proud to have led "the first astrobiology study to involve Algeria," and believes that his findings are a major step towards finding evidence of life on Mars. Scientists searching for ...

A rock formation in Minnesota has exposed some of the oldest rocks on the surface of the planet, and visiting it is a profound and humbling experience I learned during my "master naturalist" classes ...

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