What’s the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a...

Irish ageing study suggests people of faith are less likely to be lonely in old age

In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as...

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have made exciting discoveries about how materials like sand and rock behave when hit by extreme forces. This...

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have made exciting discoveries about how materials like sand and rock behave when hit by extreme forces. This...

Pedras Negras in Angola There are many top geological sites to visit when you travel through Africa. Excerpt from the book Africa’s top geological...

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Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China's Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High...

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China's Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High...