Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

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By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Scientists are on high alert after observing signs of unrest in a massive US volcano that sits just miles away from a city ...

The world of science came to life at the Mount Carmel Academy Charter School on Friday, as students in elementary and middle school buzzed around their science fair projects, which ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...

The pea-sized chunks of black glass were found inside the skull of the victim, aged about 20, who died when the volcano erupted in 79 AD near modern-day Naples. Scientists now believe a cloud of ...

Some icy volcanoes produce huge mudslides called lahars when hot rock and hot gas melt ice and snow on their slopes. Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ...

When this volcano eventually blows, it won't be lava flows or choking clouds of ash that threaten surrounding cities, but lahars: violent, fast-moving mudflows that can tear across entire ...

A key suspect is the Laacher See Volcano in western Germany ... The research was published in Science Advances. Geomorphologist Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont, who has studied the ...