About 2,000 miles below the surface of our planet, Earth's rocky mantle meets the molten, metallic outer core. The changes in physical properties across this boundary are more significant than those between the solid rock we stand upon and the air we breathe. 

Moist air rises from the Amazon river basin, colliding with Saharan dust blown over the Atlantic. Temperatures rise in the ocean around the Azores. Winds circle faster and faster, whipping the sea into a frenzy of cresting swells. Chunks of ice the size of buildings…

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2022 graduates.

Sailing the shimmering…

Zócalo Public Square, a digital magazine and host of public programs, has announced author Heather McGhee as the winner of the 2022 Zócalo Public Square Book Prize…

Humans are a uniquely cooperative species who display this behavior way beyond what is found in any other living social organism. From humans’ earliest societies, these sociable tendencies have manifested in the sharing of a wide variety of material goods — food, money,…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2024 graduates.

What does it look like when the helper…

Scientists know that what happens in the oceans covering 70 percent of Earth has a critical impact on environmental conditions and life across the entire planet. Still, much remains unknown about the undersea domain.

“The ocean depths are the last unexplored…

Everyday products could be lighter, cheaper and last longer if the research Xiangjia “Cindy” Li is working on succeeds.

Li — an assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the…

Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean…

While the United Nations designation of Feb. 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science seeks to bring recognition their role in the fields of science, technology,…