MANILA, Philippines — Conferees of the bicameral conference committee tasked with amending the “Doble Plaka” law have agreed to recommend that motorcycles use single plates instead of two.

Continental plates are usually quite thick (between 35 to 70 km) compared to the much thinner oceanic plates (between 5 and 10 km). The oceanic rocks are usually made from basalt, while ...

Earth’s surface is made up of different sections called tectonic plates. Most mountains are fold mountains, which means they’re created when two tectonic plates collide, and they force the ...