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There is nothing quite like a diamond. For many they are the ultimate “I love you” gift, and jewellers will tell you the ultra-hard stones have unmatched “fire” and “brilliance”. The sentimental and aesthetic value of the gems is matched by their price, which can run to tens of thousand…

Pink diamonds are ripe with clues about Earth's ancient plate tectonics. It's all about how they get to the surface — a tectonic mystery scientists have solved.

When 17 people were in orbit around the Earth all at the same time on May 30, 2023, it set a record. With NASA and other federal space agencies planning more manned missions and commercial companies bringing people to space, opportunities for human space travel are rapidly expanding.

Disasters can happen anywhere.

A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses were damaged. The Conversation Africa asked Jasper Knight, a geoscientist who researches coastal processes, to explain what happened.

Between 1500 and 2022, two orders, 10 families, and 71 genera of animals went extinct thanks to humans

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he wanted to shift the UAP conversation from sensationalism to one of science

A NUMBER of Scots across the country were left stunned as the Aurora Borealis lit up the night sky.

As far as we know, there is exactly one planet in our Solar System – and the galaxy – which hosts life. And you’re on it.