Is it possible to dig all the way through the Earth to the other side? – Anishwar, age 8, India When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati.

Stock/Getty Images The desire to dig a hole to the other side of the world is a well-established childhood fantasy. Though ...

The City of Holmes Beach, Florida, enacts a new ordinance banning holes deeper than one foot on beaches to protect beachgoers and prevent sea turtles from getting trapped.

My aunt says if you tried to dig a hole to the other side of Earth, this is what would happen: First, you’d dig through loose stuff, like dirt or sand.

A Game About Digging A Hole is the best bit of sandbox games like Terraria, Minecraft, and Astroneer, and its Steam launch is going well.

Digging a sand hole at the beach can be fun, but it can turn deadly when those sand holes suddenly collapse. Victims may suffocate. The sand can trap them.

Drilling through the Earth to reach the other side is currently impossible due to the immense complexity and technological limitations involved. The Earth's layers - crust, mantle, and core ...

While you may be tempted to blame other animals such as opossums or snakes, or even coyotes for making holes or burrows in your yard, these creatures are more likely to use existing animal holes ...

Is it possible to dig all the way through the earth to the other side? The deepest hole in the earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwestern Russia, which extends 12.2 km deep ...

Digging a sand hole at the beach can be fun, but it can turn deadly when those sand holes suddenly collapse. Victims may suffocate. The sand can trap them.