A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

A dramatic and cataclysmic event occurred over 5 million years ago, when water from the Atlantic Ocean surged through the Strait of Gibraltar, filling the Mediterranean Sea. This event, known as the ...