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For decades, Earth’s magnetic field was seen as a protective barrier, sealing the planet’s atmosphere off from the vacuum of space. Now, scientists are uncovering evidence that challenges that idea. Instead of containing Earth’s air, the…

NEW ORLEANS — One year ago, scientists made a surprisingly concrete prediction: Before 2025 was out, they said, Axial volcano — a submerged seamount near Oregon in the Northern Pacific Ocean — would erupt.

That hasn’t…

A missing ocean float that had drifted away and gone missing for two and a half years finally resurfaced in eastern Antarctica.

Scientists recovered data from the float that sheds new light on the continent’s melting glaciers.

What’s happening?

As…

A new in-wheel motor for electric vehicles (EVs) delivers a massive amount of torque in a lightweight package, its developers say.

The motor — which was made by YASA, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz that also provides motors to Ferrari —…

Will There Be a White Christmas This Year? It Depends on Where You Live

Australian scientists have investigated the forces that create some of the world’s densest and coldest water. Although Antarctic Bottom Water is known in just four remote locations, its flow impacts weather patterns all around the world.

The…

Billions of years ago, a day on Earth did not last 24 hours. New research suggests that for about one billion years, each day stayed fixed at roughly 19 hours because of a balance between the oceans, the atmosphere, and the pull of the…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been partly assessed based on a patient’s…

For five years now, Briefing readers have eagerly awaited Fridays for a chance to put their penguin-hunting skills to the test. Each week, Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin, travels to…