Time of our life

Oxygen bubbled 100 million years earlier than thought

Oldest feast

Tidal stress linked to strong earthquakes, says study

The odds of large earthquakes occurring are higher during large tidal stress periods

Hitting rock-bottom

Certain rocks, discovered literally in the pits of the earth, could substantially change the prevailing tectonic theory

Deadly impact

A series of comet collisions with the Earth may have led to the extinction of many species

Earthy ups and downs

New images of the earth's interior show that slabs of surface rock sink to the bottom of the core

Of ups and downs

Shifts in the Earth's rotational axis caused changes in sea level

Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys

A new study has suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys

'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'

Interview with Rebecca Bendick, Geologist and Professor at the department of geosciences in the University of Montana

‘We know where earthquakes can strike, but never when’

Mike Searle, lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University and senior research fellow in Worcester College, Oxford, tells …

Quake Escape

Geoscientist Harsh Gupta speaks to Dinsa Sachan on the need for an  early warning system for  earthquakes  

Venus' volcanoes have lost their fire

Scientists in Arizona say the latest satellite images from Venus indicate very little volcanic activity has taken place on the planet after a …

Is Cauvery a composite river?

Scientists think an upsurge of land may have brought two rivers together to form what is today the Cauvery.

Diamonds for dinosaurs

Balancing boulders

Earthquake- free regions may be pinpointed by studying the number of delicately poised rocks that dot them

United we stand

Various theories have attempted to explain the origin and positioning of the earth' continents. A new hypothesis now suggests that there, perhaps,…

Sparkling clues

Diamonds not only have glamour value; research reveals that they have helped solve a long-standing puzzle on recycling capabilities of the earth'…

Breaking a myth

In search of the past

A Chilean field provides fresh evidence on America's first inhabitants

Terror unearthed?

California is sitting on gases at very high pressure that are enough to trigger earthquakes in near future

Striking it rich

Fossil find

Scientists find the oldest life form in Indian geological history

Tilting Earth

Guidebook to world of tremors, earthquakes

The Crack in the Centre of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester Penguin 2006

The big aftershock

Quake activates nearby faults, triggers more quakes