While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

Andy Serkis will introduce a screening of “Animal Farm,” his upcoming animated adaptation of the George Orwell novel, ...

"Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadian clock to predict the light-dark environmental cycle by the Earth's rotation in order to achieve efficient photosynthetic reactions. We wanted to know the ...

Did you know the days on Earth are getting just a tiny bit longer every year? Imagine waking up one morning and realizing ...

We have been taught from the very beginning that a day on earth consists of 24 hours; however scientists have now begun to say that due to certain factors like the drifting away of moon and ...

Leap seconds are added occasionally to help keep the atomic clock synced up with the earth's rotation. "The earth's spin isn't uniform, it's not constant," Nick Stamatakos, the chief of earth ...

Earth Rotation Day was observed globally on Wednesday. The day celebrates the rotation of planet earth on its axis which is crucial for defining time and shape of life. Earth rotates on its axis, an ...

Is Earth Unique?; Sustainable Energy; Computer Applications in Earth Science; Future Energy; Scientific Communications; Seismic Exploration; Gravity and Magnetics Exploration; Sustainability and the ...

Your 24-hour day is an illusion—Earth is slowly spinning down. Thanks to the Moon’s tug and shifting planetary guts, the clock is ticking toward 25-hour days. The Moon isn’t just lighting up ...

According to Reuters, "Lithium is the irreplaceable element powering the electric vehicle boom and the clean energy revolution ... is a rare-earth mineral that plays an indispensable role in ...