Galamsey, or illegal, small-scale gold mining, can prove attractive for farmers getting poor returns from cocoa despite posing significant dangers to workers themselves. Chemicals such as mercury and ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

The impact crater could be linked to the origins of life on Earth. The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way ...

One example where the life cycle analysis provides guidance concerns the small amount of toxic lead ... There are byproducts such as mercury and cyanide. It's also very energy-consuming," he ...

Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early ...

A single-engine airplane with five people on board crashed Sunday in a parking lot near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania, officials said. The fiery crash happened around 3 p.m. just south ...

But after traveling more than a million kilometers through space, the spacecraft came to rest inside a crater, 250 meters from its intended target -- once again landing on its side. Images ...

Researchers in Western Australia’s Pilbara region have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, pushing back the previous record by more than one billion years. The newly ...

When interest rates are low, small-cap stocks begin to shine and outpace larger companies in value. These stocks are stocks with a market capitalization between $300 million and $3 billion.

Mercury Insurance provides personal and commercial property and auto coverage at affordable rates. Many of Mercury’s customers have stuck with the company for years, some up to a decade or two ...