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The core is losing heat faster under Indonesia than it is under Brazil, and that's messing with the seismic waves passing through it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The solidification of the inner core may have strengthened Earth's magnetic field. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The solid ...

We know the Earth’s inner core is largely solid, which sets a ceiling on its temperature, and in turn, how much heat dark ...

More than 5,000 kilometers beneath us, Earth’s solid metal inner core wasn’t discovered until 1936. Almost a century later, we’re still struggling to answer basic questions about when and how it first ...

Even though some days feel more chaotic than others, the rotation of the surface of the planet proceeds at a pretty constant rate—about one full rotation every 24 hours. But the rotational speed of ...

The inner Earth is a mysterious place, and now scientists may have uncovered a strange new secret. According to a new study, the Earth’s inner core may have recently stopped rotating, relative to the ...

The “engine” at King’s College London is contradicting thermodynamic laws—and could transform how we understand proteins and ...

The results place the core at the younger end of an age spectrum that usually runs from about 1.3 billion to 4.5 billion years, but they also make it a good bit older than a recent estimate of only ...

This fall marks the first semester of the new core science requirement for students in the School of Foreign Service. The Class of 2022 is the first group of students subject to the new core ...