Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

A hidden shard of ancient crust has been detected where California’s San Andreas system collides with the Cascadia subduction zone, reshaping how I understand the tectonic engine of the West Coast.

Tiny, nearly undetectable earthquakes beneath Northern California are offering scientists new insights into the complex tectonic processes at play in the region’s most dangerous fault zones.

The Rocky Mountains have always looked like a geological non sequitur, a towering spine of peaks sitting far from the ...

Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

Of course, the study of friction is nothing new; and to explain the 20th-century crisis, and to understand where tribology ...

America has forever been a giant music melting pot. But what you’re describing is a new kind of global music melting pot. Yes! Genres like K-pop, Latin trap and reggaeton often take some inspiration ...

That assumes a growth rate similar to the last decade’s. If the debt rockets up like it has over the last few years, the ...

Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Afghanistan on Sunday evening, as reported by the National Center for Seismology ...

Ballooning deficits and higher rates are colliding faster than many investors expect ...