Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

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MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago, Earth went through a series of fairly gentle warm-ups that scientists are now calling ...

This little midgey could stick to rocks under water, something scientists thought only sea creatures could do before now.

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new insights into its future. Earth benefits from the presence of a magnetic field ...

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...

Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.