Light and heavy indicate the density and viscosity of the oil. Unlike the Middle East, Venezuela is rich in heavy oil: thick, ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

A major fault in central Turkey is defying decades of scientific belief, tearing the Earth open in a way no one expected.

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

In comparison, he writes, the 300,000 years since Homo sapiens evolved is so brief that “in a single stroke with a medium-grained nail file you could eradicate human history.” In this special issue on ...

From "Les Misérables" and "Grease" to intriguing new offerings, here’s to a 2026 full of world premieres, musicals, readings ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

Tectonic invites you to take a virtual tour of our Flat Gold Project with both the CEO of Tectonic and one of Alaska's largest for-profit Native Regional Corporations, Doyon Ltd. To Be a Part Of "The ...

DAVIE, Fla. — Serious legal questions have been raised over a new Florida law. That law empowers officers to pull drivers over, fine or even arrest them if their license plate is “obscured.” The ...