Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon.

Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how ...

Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger The firing of the head of the N.S.A. was only the latest move to erode fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting ...