The most accessible part of the earth’s interior is at the ocean’s bottom, where the crust is thin. Project Mohole, the U.S. attempt to reach the boundary layer between the earth’s crust and mantle by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Sometimes Mars feels like the setting for a Dr. Seuss book, full of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Great Lakes Science Center is just a guitar pick’s throw away from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Given the proximity of the venues, in the city known as the ...

Participating in a school science fair is a rite of passage for local students, and those students have a valuable resource at their disposal. The Terrebonne Parish Main Library will host its sixth ...

Introduction Have you ever visited a canyon or cave and wondered how those formations came to be? Or observed smooth stones by a river or beach? These results are due to a process called weathering.

Sitting around fires and camps after a day of climbing, people would inevitably ask Sarah Garlick science questions. She's a geologist, which proved useful to a crowd that spends all its time pressed ...

The discovery of rare painted rock art featuring cattle in one of the driest parts of the Sahara Desert indicates that the region was once covered in grass, swamps and waterholes, making it a resource ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Experts have revealed details of the mysterious 8,000-year-old rock carvings found in the world’s largest asteroid crater. The petroglyphs were found in the Vredefort impact structure, a 186-mile wide ...

Shuffle the event cards and place them face down beside “the Field” A rock collector should always take a collection bag to collect their rocks. But the problem is that it will only hold so many rocks ...

Using a common household item, you can determine what type of rocks are in your backyard. Materials If bubbles appear when placing the vinegar on the rock, the rock contains a large amount of calcium.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American YouTube has exploded in the decade since it ...