The coastal area of the Seto Inland Sea has a bath culture that has continued for over a millennium. It is the "stone bath," a type of steam bath carved in rock. The custom of soaking in a bathtub ...

Such pulsing slowly turns stones in the arid desert to ... it deposits its cargo of soil and rock, transporting the rocky debris toward the sea. Every year, rivers deposit millions of tons of ...

The alignment of Earth, the moon and the sun create these epic waves in oceans across the globe, raising tides feet above ...