The Andaman Sea flickers behind a curtain of tall son talay sea pines. Natai, the first mainland beach, stretches into the ...

A limestone mine in Pennsylvania, which houses thousands of cabinets and millions of federal retirement papers, has caught the attention of Elon Musk. Musk, who heads up the Department of Government ...

Mysterious micro-burrows in desert marble and limestone were probably made by microbes that lived millions of years ago. Exactly what kind of microbes bored into the rock remains unknown ...

Seamount Located off the coast of Ecuador. (Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program) The ocean floor is a vast scope on our planet that remains largely unexplored. Although oceans cover 71% of Earth ...

In the scorching deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, scientists have discovered a curious feature in the rocks – thin, orderly tubes running through marble and limestone, possibly created by ...

A man died Friday morning when his car went off Ind. 46 near downtown Ellettsville and hit a massive limestone welcome sign with the town's name carved into the surface. The 60-year-old Fortville ...

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Scientists used a simple principle: underwater features like seamounts and abyssal hills are heavier than the surrounding seabed. Because of this extra mass, they exert a slightly stronger ...