When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it didn’t just wipe out entire Roman towns and traumatize generations; it also gave us ...

Students in geographically remote and economically disadvantaged provinces in the Philippines often face barriers to ...

Sea-level changes offer an independent record of dramatic Jurassic and Cretaceous episodes when the solid Earth may have ...

Discovery Primary learners shine at the district Natural Science fair, with one advancing to the provincial level.

Earth’s interior is far more complex than its familiar division into crust, mantle and core suggests. Seismic measurements, ...

Scientists have discovered two giant mystery structures lurking under the Earth's surface ...

Is there life elsewhere, or is Earth unique in the universe? This is one of humanity's great unanswered questions. One way to approach this mystery is to investigate how life began here on Earth. Our ...

NASA is funding 24 projects with $23 million, enabling citizen scientists to engage in research activities like comet hunting ...

Florida's proposed K-12 science standards are drawing attention from parents and teachers over changes to how science will be ...

Cosmic rays let a telescope read thunderstorms from the ground, and Earth's magnetic field explains why it sees far more storms to the east.

Scientists have uncovered fresh evidence suggesting that Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, could harbor alien life. New research ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National Earth Science week with fun, all-ages activities included ...