(a) Tectonic setting background in the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. (b) Schematic diagram of the upper mantle structure beneath the Tonga-Lau-Fiji region. A landmark study published in Geoscience—a ...

Scientists have mapped the deep forces at play beneath the Tonga Subduction Zone, exposing how mantle plumes, subducting slabs, and tectonic shifts fuel volcanic activity and plate motion.

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Chinese researchers develop a shape-shifting robot that swims, crawls, and glides at 10,600m depths, aiding deep-sea research ...

The project explores how life adapts to extreme environments—and hopes to inspire new drugs or even treatments to aid space travel. We’ve only scratched the surface of what thrives in the deepest ...

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken a dive into the Mariana Trench. The team successfully demonstrated ...

IN the modern age, it's hard to imagine that there's anywhere on Earth that we haven't fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet to fully probe.

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A pair of construction workers died Friday when a trench they were working in collapsed in Catonsville. The Baltimore County Fire Department confirmed the deaths Friday night. The names of the ...

Ukrainian soldiers took out a squadron of Russian tanks in a tense battle that ended with a shootout inside a trench along the frontlines. Harrowing video shows the moment members of Ukraine’s ...