Oceanic transform faults are strike-slip boundaries—faults that move horizontally rather than up and down and connect offset ...

An international expedition including University of Sydney researchers has pieced together the clearest picture yet of how ...

Which microbes thrive below us in darkness -- in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor -- and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and ...

July 1, 2026 • There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for ...

Cultural diversity in the classroom is on the rise. In 2014, U.S. public schools hit a minority majority milestone with Latino, African-American, and Asian students having surpassed the number of ...

A slow, eastward-moving current of hot rock deep within Earth may be the primary force feeding Yellowstone’s volcanic system, according to a study published in Science on April 9, 2026. Researchers at ...

Irena Asmundson is the Managing Director of Ca. Policy Research Initiative at SIEPR and a former IMF staff member. Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do ...