Radiochemistry experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently made the first experimental measurements of ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

Scientists are tracing ancient helium trapped beneath South Africa’s gold fields, revealing how rare gas survives for ...

More countries are buying directly from artisanal miners as trafficking robs them of tax revenues and foreign exchange ...

Life on the windswept plains of what is now central Ukraine offered little mercy around 18,000 years ago. Trees were scarce.

A Geochemist’s research on the age of the planet eventually brought the leaded gasoline era to a halt, and ended the ...

Nuclear power wasn't the invention of a single genius mind, rather, it was the product of many of the greatest minds from the ...

Some of the most coveted metals on the planet are not just expensive, they are almost unimaginably scarce in Earth's crust ...

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.

Common fast food meals often carry dangerous levels of plastics that leach from packaging and equipment into the food itself. A Daily Mail graphic showcases the worst offenders.

Global central banks are now trading gold at a rate never seen before in history, as illegal exports strip billions from ...