Android apps have a knack for tracking you around your phone and the web. Here's how I uncovered the chief offenders.

Deep in Earth, there could be troves of a type of undiscovered treasure more valuable than any diamond or ruby or sapphire: rare earth elements. REEs, as they’re also called, could be nestled in ...

This nighttime tour of the dinosaurs is one of the treats available to those who attend a sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History, which my 8-year-old son and I did in ...

The town of Nathrop has fewer than 500 residents, but it’s home to a rock shop that could keep you occupied longer than some ...

Just in time for the summer, the Coralville Lake Visitor Center reopened May 1 after being closed for nearly four years for ...

In Shadow Hills, LA, 'Unusual Tuesday' at Sun Space offers a unique, church-like haven for experimental and misfit artists.

As part-night lighting (i.e., turning off streetlights in the middle of the night) becomes more widespread among local ...

Fancy having your mind blown during graduation week? Bristol's Palaeobiology Festival is in town, and this is how you can get ...

The best time to seek Yooperlites and other stones is after a storm, when waves have disrupted and uncovered new rocks.

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed 10 "extremely rare" prehistoric stone hand axes that were crafted to deliberately include geological features, including fossils and geodes, a new study finds.