A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

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New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...