Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...
The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.
The surface of the Earth's inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study by USC scientists that detected structural changes near the planet's center, published in Nature Geoscience.
The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...
Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the inner core was widely thought of as a solid sphere.