NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the first clear evidence of a powerful sandstorm that swept across Mars billions of years ...

In celebration of National Rock Day, learn how several rock specimens in the new exhibition “From These Lands” shed light on ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its latest roster of nominees, including Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira. They're among 17 performers ...

Sorting through what exactly Alex Pretti did or did not do to provoke his death in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE agents is not enough to understand this tragedy. Pretti had a permit for his ...

In 2025, the best rock music radiated self-assurance. That sometimes meant staking a claim to micro-genre legacies, but just as often meant leaning hard into idiosyncrasies. This year’s best and ...

Would you spend hundreds of dollars on a nondescript rock? All over TikTok, people are pranking their partners by saying they did just that. The trend originated when creator Phoebe Adams, on Sept. 14 ...

Rocks are having a moment, at least the ones "sold" at Anthropologie are. In the last few weeks, the clothing and home goods store been going viral over a prank that continues to spread across social ...

There’s nothing wrong with switching things up. In fact, I’d say that most musicians out there have radically changed their style at least once in their careers. It just comes with the territory of ...

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state. The late 4th millennium BC ...