The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. While other subduction zones produce…
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Stress-testing the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals variability that could impact how earthquakes spread
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We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires
Wildfires in the northern boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia may be more damaging to the climate than previously thought, a new UC Berkeley-led study suggests. That’s because these fires don’t just burn through trees; they…
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If Godzilla attacked, could we survive? We asked the experts
Apple TV’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” continues the earth-shattering story introduced in the MonsterVerse movies. Season 2 dives deeper into the clandestine history of the mysterious Monarch organisation and its connection to the Titans –…
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Is there lightning on Mars? New evidence suggests it’s there, just hard to see
February 27, 2026
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NASA spots new signs of lightning on Mars
Two NASA spacecraft—the MAVEN orbiter and the Perseverance rover—have now seen very different signals suggesting lightning on Mars
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Wildfires in the Arctic May Be Releasing Far More Carbon Than We Thought
Northern wildfires may be unleashing hidden reservoirs of ancient carbon — and climate models are missing much of it. Wildfires sweeping across the vast boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia could be causing more climate…
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Here’s Why Locusts Swarm
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Locusts have plagued humans since antiquity, erupting into swarms so devastating…
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'Sensory checkpoint' in adult brain keeps remodeling itself long after adolescence, scientists find
The dominant theory in neuroscience has been that the sensory processing circuits in our brain are finalized in early childhood and fixed afterward. A recently published study, however, overturned this widely believed theory, and suggested that…
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Lightning ‘Whistler’ Detected on Mars For The First Time, Scientists Report : ScienceAlert
The radio ‘howl’ of a lightning-like discharge has been detected at Mars for the first time.
While orbiting the red planet, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft recorded an unusual electromagnetic signal back on 21 June 2015. Researchers have now shown…
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Why some people are more drawn to conspiracy theories than others
The way people process information can be a strong predictor of whether they may be drawn to
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New systems measures full magnetization hysteresis at MHz frequencies and high magnetic fields
High-frequency magnetic characteristics are essential for improving the efficiency, miniaturization, and operating frequency of power conversion devices such as power supply circuits, inductors, and transformers. However, conventional measurement…
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