What caused these curious sinkholes?

Aliens, government conspiracies, meteorites, missile explosions, or even an elaborate prank – these were some of the ...

Process has been a mystery, until now.

The Earth's tectonic plates began to move thanks to the eruption of continents that pushed them apart, scientists at ...

The Asian monsoon is much older than we thought, which means it was going strongly when carbon dioxide levels were ne...

Oceans can’t be relied upon for ever.

As we've been pointing out for some time now, the oceans have been doing the heavy lifting in removing extra heat fro...

… although you might have heard otherwise. Over the past decade, scientists have been puzzling over an apparent "paus...

Giant river prawns from northern Australia face threats from dams to climate change. Richard A. L...

Daly River is home to Macrobrachium spinipes, a giant freshwater prawn. – Amy Kimber A town of 454 people, Daly Rive...

In most places on Earth, there are two high tides each day.

It’s early January, and the Sun is blazing. Sweltering in the hottest week of the past 100 years, temperatures well a...

Human activities like mining and fracking can cause temblors.

Sparks, Oklahoma, isn’t a place where you would expect a big earthquake. It’s prairie country, smack-dab in the middl...

Gales, drafts, gusts and breezes – Roger Rassool investigates why we get them, and how we harness...

Camped on the banks of the White Nile in Uganda miles from anywhere, I’m suddenly interested in renewable energy.The ...

Current events are proving Bjørn Lomborg right and his old enemies are being won over.

At this point in his life, Bjørn Lomborg is resigned to being the skunk at the party. He knows he is scorned in left-...

It’s a question that only leads to more questions.

Why is the sky blue? It is a question that, in true Sumner Miller fashion, leads to many more: What is light? What is...