Scientists believe that nearly half a billion years ago, the majestic Mount Everest was under water. It's hard to believe, but here are details.

BERLIN — A Falcon 9 launched a joint U.S.-European satellite to monitor sea levels Nov. 17, extending a record of measurements that dates back more than three decades. The Falcon 9 lifted off from ...

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We’ve had our eyes on east Asia today after new pictures of Chinese naval vessels crossing the Philippine Sea were released.

Roughly 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea—today one of the world’s most strategically vital marine passages—underwent a transformation so extreme that it vanished completely. The basin, once filled ...

Some Canadians may want us to move on from the dark residential-school chapter of this country’s history. But a decade after ...