Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

Two enormous continent-sized "islands" found buried deep inside the Earth's mantle are challenging our ideas about our planet's inner workings. These unexpected regions of the Earth's innards appear ...

Their existence contradicts the common assertion the Earth’s mantle is well-mixed, suggesting our models are wrong.

One particular pressing unfilled need is for interpreters who can speak Q’eqchi’, a Mayan language spoken by Indigenous people in a region of Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico that has been ...