While many rocks don’t burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. Rocks that burn when they get heated up are combusting. This means ...

There was a time when Dash Rip Rock was the success story traditional music fans tried to ignore. Funk fans locally weren’t sure what to do with the band’s one-dimensional sonic charge, but then Dash ...

Standing guard over the valley, Sentinel Rock’s near-vertical north face was carved by dramatic rockfalls that split the cliffside. Weathering and erosion continue to sculpt Yosemite Valley, and ...

A bizarre new type of rock containing plastic has been found across the globe, formed mainly from plastic we have created and discarded. This deposit is a combination of rock and plastic polymers from ...

Bengaluru's bustling present is anchored by a 3-billion-year-old rock in Lalbagh, a National Geological Monument. This ...

Mount McConnell, near Banff, Alta., is one of a series of rock ploughs that formed the structured belt. Click here to enlarge image The McConnell Thrust is a good example of a massive rock plough (see ...