Animalia: Bestiary from The Al Thani Collection” at Paris’s Hôtel de la Marine explores animals as symbols of power, myth and ...

Paper may not seem like a great choice for a kitchen countertop, but this surprising material is lightweight and beautiful, ...

I entered an abandoned excavation looking for caves and began exploring limestone that had once formed an ancient seabed.

Northern Arizona’s San Francisco Volcanic Field is a prominent geological landmark in the Southwest. Comprised of about 1,800 square miles, it is the location of more than 600 volcanic vents in the ...

My friends call me a “maximalist” because I’m the type of person who picks up every pretty pebble I see on the sidewalk. Naturally, when I heard there was a real-life playground where you could ...

One of the most abundant minerals in the Earth’s crust, quartz is essential for manufacturing core components of smartphones ...

An ancient meteor blasted a giant bowl into the Kentucky mountains, and an entire city now lives inside it while most ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Geological experts believe that gold nuggets in quartz rocks are formed as a result of the flow of hot fluids. However, this theory remains a mystery because underground fluids can ...

A research team from the USA claims to have found the best evidence yet that a celestial body that exploded above the Earth 13,000 years ago may have played an important role in the extinction of a ...

Pure quartz crystals have been spotted on Mars for the first time, as well as other gems like opal. Researchers say these crystals, as well as being evidence of past hydrothermal activity, could ...