Workers at the drilling site for a geothermal energy plant in Neustadt-Glewe, Germany. Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in ...

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When shovels won’t cut it, you bring out the big tools. In this episode, the power hammer takes on solid earth as we begin ...

Ever wonder what would happen if you dug a hole straight through the Earth, where would you end up? Recently, Google Earth Community member ‘KoflAIR‘ posted a simple little mashup for Google Earth ...

In Dig to Earth’s Core, you begin by embarking on a Roblox adventure with just a pickaxe to your name to remove all the dirt by digging down to the depths of ...

The day after I watched the documentary “Earth,” I spent time working in my garden, digging, planting, getting my hands dirty. I didn’t grow up gardening, and I’m not especially good at it. Even so, ...

When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati. My grandfather joked that if I kept digging, I would end up in China. In fact, if I had been able to dig straight through the ...