From skating to curling, the thrilling sports of the Winter Olympics have plenty of science behind them. Follow our coverage here to learn more. Athletes often have specialized equipment or apparel to ...

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of our national birth certificate and mission statement, half my columns this year will be ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are well under way, and this year everyone's talking about one thing: Curling. That's right. This ...

India, Feb. 17 -- I had been there twice before; once in the unforgiving heat of May and another time in November, when ...

Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park isn’t just another dot on Missouri’s map of natural wonders – it’s the crown jewel that makes you question whether you’re still in the Midwest or if you’ve somehow ...

Elephant Rocks features massive granite boulders that resemble a circus elephant parade frozen in time, while Taum Sauk Mountain is home to Missouri’s highest point and Mina Sauk Falls, the state’s ...

Ailsa Craig, an uninhabited island 10 miles off the coast of Scotland, provides the unique granite used to make Olympic curling stones.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Scientists believe these rocks were formed by ancient rainfall, similar to how they form in tropical climates on Earth. The discovery adds to the evidence that Mars may have once been a habitable ...

All stones in Cortina are made from granite found on tiny island in Firth of Clyde and crafted in East Ayrshire “It takes 60m years and about six hours to make a curling stone,” shouts Ricky English ...

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