Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...

A member of the nearby east coast community seemed to be dancing an imaginary heap of cocoa as she executed her moves in the ...

"Sand is the most important solid substance in the world. It is the thing that our cities are literally built out of". Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author based in Canada. His first ...

For ages 12 and older. How many grains of sand would it take to fill the universe? This is a problem that the Greek mathematician Archimedes tried to solve in the third century B.C. In this ...

This is Brendon Grimshaws love story with Moyenne Island We decided to distribute it openly so that his story may be known to as many people as possible and so that we may thank him in our ...

Researchers have created a compact camera where the lens is replaced by engineered optics that can identify objects at ...

Well, let's ask Vince Beiser! He wrote a book on the subject, called The World in a Grain. Vince Beiser: "So the sand that we use, is what you call 'marine sand.' It's the sand that you find at ...

“A tiny particle smaller than a grain of sand ... struck Gaia at a very high speed and at just the wrong angle, damaging the spacecraft’s protective cover,” ESA officials reported in a July ...