If you're planning a trip to Oregon, you may assume all the best spots are around Portland or along the state's epic coastline. While there are many hidden gems and world-class attractions in these ...

Is there anything more human than our fascination with shiny rocks? For eons, humans have traded with gems and minerals, built economies based on their worth, and collected them just to admire their ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a subduction zone – the place where one tectonic plate dives beneath another – actively breaking apart. The research offers a rare, high-resolution look at ...