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As rain and snow events become more intense, so could our earthquakes, study finds

A groundbreaking study has found that certain weather phenomena — particularly heavy snowfall and r…

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The divorce wave reflects major shifts in how we live

Celebrities are getting divorced because every historical push for freedom is followed by a rise in…

Lyz Lenz   


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Global warming is rocking the world harder — literally!

A new study has found that climate-induced changes have been affecting the behaviour of ocean waves…

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Ford is slashing thousands of jobs as it goes electric. Experts say a tidal wave of layoffs will rock the industry as it undergoes a seismic shift.

Electric cars are simpler to make than gasoline vehicles. That simple fact could have the auto indu…

Tim Levin   


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Inside the fight between my small Iowa hometown and a $12 billion utility over smart meters and the radiation that some residents call 'poison'

Fairfield is not like other Iowa towns. It's home to thousands of meditators, and many of them are …

Benji Jones   


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STARBUCKS CEO: We're witnessing a 'seismic change' in retail

"I think today in the headlines you've seen just in the last three weeks store closures of almost 5…

Bob Bryan   


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Facebook is battling a tidal wave of fake news and misinformation on WhatsApp in Brazil

Reached for comment, a WhatsApp spokesperson pointed towards a recent column by the app's boss, Chr…

Rob Price   


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Why earthquakes are felt farther on the East Coast than the West. It's all about the rocks.

Rocks are harder on the East Coast, said USGS seismologist Paul Earle, which makes the seismic wave…

Geoff Weiss,Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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Why is China interested in installing hundreds of cameras on the Moon?

Dubbed Skynet 2.0, this network draws inspiration from China's existing Skynet surveillance system …

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Sam Altman's OpenAI is paying publishers big money for content. That could be a lifeline or blow up in their faces.

OpenAI is making publishers a deal they basically can't refuse. It already took the content to trai…

Peter Kafka   


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A signal linked to aliens by a Harvard professor may have been caused by a passing truck

Harvard's Avi Loeb led an expedition searching for potential extraterrestrial technology on the sea…

Marianne Guenot   


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Space photos show Japan's ground splitting open and mass destruction after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake

Space photos show capsized boats, flooded coastlines, and burned-down buildings across Japan in the…

Jessica Orwig,Hannah Getahun   


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Earth's core may be coated in a layer of crystals created by water leaking from the surface: study

Scientists have long looked for an explanation for a mysterious zone in the outer core. Now some th…

Marianne Guenot   


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Earth's mysterious core may be encased by an ancient ocean floor that has mountains 5 times taller than Everest

An ancient ocean may protect Earth's core, according to the most detailed map yet of the geology be…

Marianne Guenot   


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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike

In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…

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Japan takes earthquake safety seriously. Here's how its culture of preparedness keeps so many people alive.

Japan is a hot spot for earthquakes, and it's spent decades becoming one of the best-prepared count…

Jenny McGrath,Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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Earth's inner core is more like a ball of butter than a solid metal sphere, a new study suggests

Scientists have long thought intense pressures at the heart of our planet froze atoms solid. It tur…

Marianne Guenot   


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New Zealand has had dozens of 'slow' earthquakes that can last weeks. A hidden underwater sea may be the cause.

Slow-slip events or silent earthquakes occur regularly in New Zealand. A newly discovered water-fil…

Jenny McGrath   


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Mysterious tremors on the moon have been traced back to an unexpected source

Scientists have discovered that tiny moonquakes are being produced from the left-behind descent sta…

Marianne Guenot   


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Is there really another planet hiding deep inside our Earth?

Scientists theorise that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal collision, termed the "gia…