When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

They show up as a mathematical solution in general relativity, basically as a time-reversed version of a black hole. Some ...

A central theme of the India AI Impact Summit is Sovereign AI to move the conversation from “doomsday scenarios” to “AI for All”.

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...

Beneath the rolling surface of the North Atlantic, the seafloor drops into a chasm so vast it rivals, and may even exceed, ...

It’s this fear that propelled her Women’s Prize for Playwriting-winning script, Sapling. Set in Belfast in the 1990s, the coming-of-age story follows 16-year-old Gerry, whose brother, Connor, was ...

The latest iteration of the contemporary arts festival positions rhythm as a way of listening to under-heard stories.

Hydrogen is emerging as a critical part of the low-carbon transition for industries where electrification is not a straightforward solution. This includes the production of steel, fertiliser and ...

Scientists now understand why seismic waves speed up near Earth's core. Extreme pressure and temperature cause solid mantle rock to flow slowly, aligning mineral crystals. This anisotropic structure ...

The Earth's core is frequently pictured as a flaming mass of metal that has been thoroughly investigated and is impervious to touch. However, that image is ...