Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the ...

Science loves a good underdog story. Throughout history, brilliant minds have proposed ideas so outlandish, so contrary to ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

EXCLUSIVE: The creator of the Sahm Rule on why she's concerned about the long-term health of America's economy.

The chief of the largest American bank is again sounding the alarm about Washington's finances, warning that a $38 trillion national debt is pushing the United States toward a crisis. Chase CEO Jamie ...

Australia is giving the Trump administration billions while it sets about attacking our allies and trashing the norms of ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

The tectonic plates are among the most powerful forces on Earth, exerting tremendous influence over every single life that unfolds on this planet. They are both creators and destroyers, capable of ...

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