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A newly identified link between two notorious geologic zones suggests a major earthquake at one site could trigger another huge quake at the other, creating a double-whammy of destruction.

Researchers led by a team from Oregon State University…

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On October 21, 2025, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will be exactly on the opposite side of the Sun relative to Earth, constituting a so-called `solar-conjunction’. When you…

A lab accident has led engineers to build a chip that fires a rainbow of powerful laser beams — and it could help data centers better manage skyrocketing volumes of artificial intelligence (AI) data.

The new photonics chip contains an…

Everyone gets headaches. Everyone misplaces their phone or forgets a name now and then. Most of the time, these moments are harmless – the result of stress, fatigue, or just a busy mind.

Yet they’re also examples of symptoms that can, in…

A newly discovered way to monitor magma movements beneath Mount Etna could help scientists forecast when it might erupt.

Mount Etna, located on the Italian island of Sicily, is Europe’s largest active volcano. Humans have documented its activity…

Many of the world’s top climate scientists are sounding the alarm over a number of rapid changes currently impacting Antarctica and its vulnerable ecosystems.

What’s happening?

As global temperatures have steadily risen over the years, their…

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Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, sees two comets approach their brightest — and perhaps even be visible to the naked eye. Comet Lemmon (also called C/2025 A6) and the dimmer Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) are on different journeys, with the former…

Easter Island’s giant moai statues could “walk” with only three things in place: a small group of people, long ropes and the use of pendulum dynamics, a new study finds.

Researchers have long debated how the Indigenous people of Easter Island,…

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