A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ends of the...

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ends of the...

For 540-million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen, according...

Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region. Got a science news idea? Email Margaret Smith at...

Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region. Got a science news idea? Email Margaret Smith at...

The Earth used to have 420 days a year, rather than 365. This does not mean that the Earth’s orbit was longer, but that the days were shorter, so...

SoTWEditor's note: Been there and done that several times with the core group of Cobra (Stands for CO-BRA 'Compression Breakthrough'. RM stands for...

Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an...

A team of Canadian and French researchers has confirmed that Nunavik/Quebec in Northern Canada is home to the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back...

A team of Canadian and French researchers has confirmed that Nunavik/Quebec in Northern Canada is home to the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back...