The land mine is one of the most destructive and indiscriminate weapons of war ever devised. The history of this insidious ...

Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have ...

The backcountry sport of burro racing is a grueling feat of endurance that tests the sudden urge to stand still.

The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, provide the first conclusive chemical evidence that tin from Cornwall and ...

Colorado School of Mines senior Alexandra Nickle will graduate with that same degree this year. She’s passionate about the ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

The preserved ruins of more than 460 coke ovens are hidden among the brush in Blocton Coke Oven Park in Bibb County, which is ...

If Trump wants copper-nickel mining in Minnesota, he will need to stop tanking the economy, writes columnist Aaron Brown.

About 70 teams tested their skills in the backcountry sport of burro racing Saturday in this historic turquoise-mining ...

“This ancient shale contains fossils of plants that ... Jones has conducted extensive research on Pennsylvania mining practices, authored several publications, and narrated a three-part video ...

Melissa Charlie, executive director of the Fairbanks Native Association, will present “We’re Still Here,” a historical ...

“We have ancient mines that were active from the Bronze Age to the late Roman Period, and then we have the modern ones that started in the late 19th century,” Papageorgiou says, “yet the ...