Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

They wanted to ensure whatever methods being used to record the ancient art rock sites would be unobtrusive. Some of the sites are remote and not easy to get to. The pictographs themselves ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

UNC Charlotte professors collaborate on a project that explores how rock cracking changes as our atmosphere continues warming ...

The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting ...

Less than 15 miles from the Silver Fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest's trees are thousands of years old, including ...

Because of this, scientists have long thought that the key to determining when plate tectonics began is to find the first appearance of this fingerprint in ancient rocks. Unfortunately ...

An ancient human’s hunting kit castoffs found in modern-day Big Bend National Park can help reveal how people lived in the ...

(via Be Smart) The oldest rocks on Earth are more than just ancient—they’re time machines, holding clues to Earth’s missing history and revealing what happened in the unknown times after the Big Bang.

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The exhibit features several paintings, sculptures and a video projection. In the video, these ancient Danish rocks fracture — and the gaps in between fill with stars and distant galaxies.