Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many ...

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Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

what happens at the ICB still has some implications for Earth’s long-term evolution.” Mindy Weisberger is a science writer and media producer whose work has appeared in Live Science ...