A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

The two giant blobs — one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa — lie at the boundary between Earth's mantle and its outer core, some 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) beneath the surface.

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

A new study reveals that the Earth's inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, ...

Abstract: Seismological observations suggest that the Earth's solid inner core has been rotating faster than the mantle over the past several decades, consistent with the results of some numerical ...

Soil naturally contains heavy metals. The earth formed as a hot molten mass. As it cooled, heavier elements settled into its center regions, called the mantle and core. Volcanic eruptions in certain ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

An increase in high-fat, high-fructose foods in people's diets has contributed to a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes.

The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...