Earth homes are making a comeback—and they’re built the old-fashioned way: with sweat, soil, and ancient manual labor. From cob walls to rammed earth foundations, we explore how traditional ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.  ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although the Earth completes one full rotation in 86,400 seconds on average, that spin fluctuates by a millisecond or two every day. Before ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.

On the evening of Tuesday (June 24), more than 1,800 employees working at the National Science Foundation (NSF) learned they would soon be kicked out of their office.

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Just over 4 billion years ago, magma from Earth’s mantle infiltrated a fracture in the young planet’s primordial crust. Over the following aeons, nearly all of the planet’s early crust ...

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) will relocate to the National Science Foundation (NSF) building in Alexandria, leaving the 1,800 NSF employees who currently work there ...

HUD is relocating its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the National Science Foundation building in Alexandria.

Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices ...