Six days after firefighters put out the Lachman Fire, as strong, dry winds whipped across the Santa Monica Mountains, its ...

The editor-in-chief of a preeminent scientific journal should know what a "scientist" is – and isn't. Holden Thorp, the editor of the journal Science, does not. My view is that everyone who ...

The deep part of Earth's middle layer is on the move. New research finds that the lower mantle, located between 410 miles and 621 miles (660 and 1,000 kilometers) beneath the Earth's crust, is more ...

A new analysis of thousands of very small earthquakes in the San Bernardino basin suggests that the unusual deformation of some may be due to 'deep creep' 10 km below the Earth's surface, say ...

Landscapes around you may appear static, but research using lasers suggests even the most steady terrain is creeping along. By Adam Mann Mountains look solid. But that just might be a mirage. On ...

Under stress at high temperatures (750°-1,000° F.), most metals, even hard alloy steels, manifest a sort of internal slip or “creep.” To prevent costly machine failures and ugly accidents, ...