I’m sure you’ve noticed certain very localized areas -- sometimes not larger than a basketball court or maybe covering part of a mountainside -- where the ground is covered with a single species like ...

Scientists recently unveiled the nation's newest "oldest known" rock — discovered in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin all feature ancient rocks known as gneisses — ...

In a world where cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum dominate headlines, many people still feel overwhelmed by the complexity of blockchain technology. What if there was a platform that made it ...

The people at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History were nice enough to give a couple members of the Chemistry in Pictures team a behind-the-scenes look at their mineral ...

Geologist Michael Ackerson holds a sample from Canada's Acasta Gneiss formation, home to some of the oldest rocks on the planet. Michael Ackerson We know Earth is old. Scientists estimate that our ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the title ...

GNEISS.io, a new peer-to-peer digital asset marketplace, has officially launched with a goal to simplify the creation, exchange, and management of tokenized assets. The platform is designed to make ...

Oldest North Cascades bedrock, a 400-million-year-old tale from European origins. The oldest bedrock in all of the North Cascades sits high in the mountains near the Canadian border. Its origin story ...

NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...