Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...