If life ever existed on Mars, it might have looked like microfossils right here on Earth.

All in all, this hasn’t been a bad week for America, and so this edition of the 5QT ought to be taken in the positive spirit in which it’s intended. As in, your author is positive that things ought to ...

The climate record holds some of its best warnings in stone, soil, and leaves. In a new study, scientists from the University of Utah and the Colorado School of Mines looked back to one of Earth’s ...

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

A ‘smiling’ fossil has gone viral after being discovered by a tourist on Holy Island.

With the best sites already taken up, building new big storage dams and then pumping water over vast distances to where it is ...

The soda straws are another geological oddity that sounds more like a menu item than a cave feature. These thin, hollow tubes ...

So here’s the situation: you live in Virginia, which gives you access to one of the most spectacular underground attractions ...

By Don Knebel February 24, 2026 Over the past few decades, the so-called “Christian Right,” aligned with the Republican Party ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - In Argentina's Patagonia region 95 million years ago, some huge dinosaurs roamed the landscape ...

Cuba said on Thursday (February 26) that the United States is willing to cooperate following what the government in Havana ...