If something seems very heavy for its size (like a heavy metal object), we say it is more dense. If something seems light for its size (like a bag of cotton or pumice rock), then we say it has low ...

ISLA: Wow, it’s incredible how the rocks tell the story of how this landscape was created. What a journey – almost as good as ours, Connor.

As edelweiss grows in sunny alpine meadows, choose a sunny spot in your rock garden. Then, make sure to amend the soil by ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

The Master's degree programme imparts landscape architecture skills in analysis, design and planning, materials and construction, natural sciences and the humanities, which optimally deepen and ...

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock ...

You could be looking at a costly repair, not to mention the danger of sharp rocks flying around the yard at high velocity. We ...

A vast "raft" of volcanic rocks stretching over 150 sq km (58 sq miles) is drifting through the Pacific Ocean, scientists say. The sea of pumice - the size of 20,000 football fields - was first ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the volcano spewed hot, lethal gases and ash into the air, slowly killing most of the ...

The alleged facial in a jar is made with volcanic pumice rock that deeply and naturally exfoliates and detoxifies skin. It's also said to deliver spa-level results (think smoother, glowing skin ...