The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science ... and the friendships I forged at Booth remain the foundation of my career and my life.' ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When you conjure up “extinction” in your mind’s eye, you probably see an animal—a dodo, perhaps, or a ...

Doug Gouzie, a professor of geology at Missouri State University, advises future earth scientists to get a "good, solid foundation" in math and chemistry, since knowledge of both those areas is ...