About 700 million years ago, Earth froze over so completely that even tropical oceans turned to ice, an episode scientists call Snowball Earth. New research now points to an overlooked accomplice in ...

Ancient sea salt has been used for centuries as a healing, purifying, and energizing mineral—and today, it’s experiencing a wellness revival. Unlike processed table salt, ancient sea salt is rich in ...

Four major archaeological discoveries have filled critical gaps in the understanding of ancient salt production in China, revealing how this essential strategic resource was extracted and processed ...

Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth ...

A salt marsh on the Isle of Lewis has revealed one of the longest continuous records of sea-level change ever found in ...