The global economic system, built on trade and shared rules for 30 years, is breaking apart. Learn about the rising risks and ...

Did you know that in about 200 million years, Earth is due for another supercontinent? What exactly that supercontinent will ...

An incredibly detailed explanation of why this international nightmare came to be.

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

History teachers love making everything sound clean and simple. "This happened, then that happened, everyone learned a lesson, the end." Yeah, that's garbage. The Mongols, for example, managed to ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

The James Beard Foundation has unfurled its list of semifinalists today, all of which will be in consideration to win an ...

New Antarctica map reveals a landscape of hidden valleys and channels beneath ice, improving sea-level rise and ice flow ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he was close to choosing the new chair of the Federal Reserve, adding he liked the idea ‌of keeping White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett in his ...