Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

Radiometric dating, utilizing the predictable decay rates of radioactive isotopes within rocks and other materials, is the primary method for determining the age of geological samples. Multiple ...

Recent puzzling observations of tiny variations in nuclear decay rates have led some to question the science behind carbon-14 dating and similar techniques. However scientists tested the hypothesis ...

Jon Borwein receives research funding from ARC. David H. Bailey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

Radiometry, which is the measurement of electromagnetic radiation, is critically important for various environmental research works and can be applied for developing illumination sources for ...