Craic on: was the Giant's Causeway formed by collective cracking? The formation of the spectacular hexagonal stone columns at Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and similar structures around the world can be ...

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The Giant's Causeway is not the work of men or monsters, but a natural consequence of how lava cools and solidifies, new computer simulations suggest. The causeway is a field of roughly hexagonal ...

For centuries people have been fascinated by enormous columnar rock formations like the Devil's Postpile in California. The Celts, for example, were convinced that Giant's Causeway, in Northern ...

VANTAGE, Wash. — Walls of basalt, from the Royal Columns above the Tieton River west of Naches to the endless array on the Grant County bluffs overlooking the Columbia River, make Central Washington a ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. The reason patterns often appear in nature is ...