For most of human history, the story of cosmic catastrophe has been told in craters: scars like Chicxulub that mark where asteroids slammed into the planet and rewrote the rules of life. A growing ...

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Priceless rock extracted from Scotland's legendary Great Glen Fault could help answer 'fundamental questions about the ...

"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

Welcome to Makoshika State Park in Glendive, Montana – the state’s largest state park that somehow remains its best-kept secret. The word “Makoshika” (pronounced muh-KO-shi-kuh) comes from Lakota, ...