(LONDON) — Sailors in the South Pacific were surprised this month to find themselves sailing through a sea of stone. Australian couple Michael and Larissa Hoult were on their yacht en route to Fiji ...

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 August 2019, this image features a huge raft of pumice rock drifting in the Pacific Ocean. The pumice is believed to have come from an underwater ...

The ancient city of Pompeii was famously buried in pumice and volcanic ash in the year 79, but a new study reveals it was also rocked by earthquakes, adding a new ...

You've likely used a pumice stone to slough off calluses, exfoliate dry skin and soften elbows, but you may not know that the low-cost tool is capable of doing so much more. The lightweight and ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

New evidence reveals the catastrophe at Pompeii went beyond the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The ancient city of Pompeii was famously buried in pumice and volcanic ash in the year 79, but a ...