New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

The nearly 5,000-year-old remains of a "sacrificial ass" and three other donkeys from a faraway land have been discovered ...

The climate we live in affects our lives in profound ways: hot summers, cold winters, dry spells and wet weather all leave ...

Isotopes fans lined up well before Saturday’s game for a chance to get some special team merch. The ‘Topes donned their ...

An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model.Image credit: Adapted from Zhao, ...

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

He said radioactive aluminum isotopes contribute to core differentiation, while chlorine’s distribution helps map planetary evolution. “The ratio of aluminum to chlorine in stars, as revealed through ...

OU women's track and field star Pippi Lotta Enok closed the NCAA Outdoor Championships with her second heptathlon national championship Saturday at Eugene, Oregon.

Rio Baran's senior thesis research sought to explore what few scientists have attempted. “Rio is an exceptional undergraduate student,” said her adviser, geosciences professor John Higgins.

He said radioactive aluminum isotopes contribute to core differentiation, while chlorine’s distribution helps map planetary evolution. “The ratio of aluminum to chlorine in stars, as revealed through ...