Rock Doc

The activities of people are now shaping the Earth so strongly that geologists are considering giving the current time period a whole new name in the geologic time scale.

Does it help birds in the long run to feed them on a winter’s day? Recent science weighs in.

Being fat has been linked to a variant of a gene, but new research indicates the year you were born is also a factor.

Winter driving can be hazardous, but new and greener approaches to combating icy pavement are on the way.

This is a dark time of year — and that influences the amount of Vitamin D in our bodies. Here’s the scoop on some recent research about the health impacts of low Vitamin D levels.

Recently I had the pleasure of going to the wedding celebration of my assistant at work — whom I count as a good friend — and her new husband. Theirs is an international marriage: the bride was born and raised in this country, the groom born and raised in China. The wedding celebration had elements […]

Climate change dates back to ancient times. Here’s new evidence on the timing of climate change and population collapse in Europe in the late Bronze Age.

If only I could run my natural gas furnace using a little bit of the methane found on Titan, a moon of Saturn.

Here’s fuel for daydreams of finding enormous gold nuggets when the weather improves.

What if there were a two-for-one sale on kilowatts? Your power bill would be cut in half — not a bad result for your monthly budget. Energy drives everything we produce and consume, and global energy consumption continues to grow year after year. The two-for-one image came to mind as I talked with Professor Jeanne […]