January 2018

Giant Earthquakes Not as Random as Thought

Collapsed building in Concepción. chile earthquake By analyzing sediment cores from Chilean lakes, an international te…

Fossil of School Bus-sized Dinosaur Discovered in Egypt Is a Really Big Deal

New Egyptian dinosaur fossil reveals link between Africa and Europe Say hello to Mansourasaurus shahinae, a 14,000-pou…

Huge Rare Emerald Discovered in Ural Mountains

© Press service of Malyshevsky Mine Huge Rare Emerald Discovered in Russian Urals An emerald weighing more than 1.6…

California's Rodeo Drive Could Be at Risk for a Huge Earthquake

Interactive map: See where the new fault zones are located LAT/CGS/Google Maps New data from state geologists show th…

California Rocked by Three Earthquakes in One Day

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Northern California Coast Three earthquakes hit California on Thursday, one as fa…

Novel Hypothesis on Why Animals Diversified on Earth

Trilobite fossil (stock image). Can tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so and now p…

Incredibly Frozen ‘Slurpee’ Waves Spotted On The Coast Of Nantucket

Incredibly Frozen ‘Slurpee’ Waves Spotted On The Coast Of Nantucket The air was so cold, that the waves froze on Nobadeer…

1.7-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of North America Found Sticking to Australia

1.7-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of North America Found Sticking to Australia. Scientists discover a piece of America in northe…

Tiny Crystals Could Help Predict Volcanic Eruptions

A team of scientists may have developed a new method of predicting potentially deadly eruptions, by studyin…

Scientists Find Oxidized Iron Deep Within the Earth's Interior

Scientists Find Oxidized Iron Deep Within the Earth's Interior. Diamonds with garnet inclusions can form at depths do…

Meteorite Hunters Find First Fragments of Michigan Meteor

Three meteorites are on display Friday at Longway Planetarium in Flint. (Photo Credit: Ian Wood) Meteorite hunters ha…

Volcanos, Earthquakes: The 'Ring of Fire' Explodes in Activity

Mt Mayon January 22 spewed a huge column of ash five kilometres high. Ezra Acayan/al Jazeera Earthquakes and volcanic …

Study Sheds Light on How Fracking Increases Earthquake Risk

The volume of hydraulic fracturing fluid and the location of well pads control the frequency and occurrence of measurab…

Does the Moon’s Phase Cause Earthquakes?

Japan, March 11, 2011 There’s a popular belief that earthquakes are more frequent when the moon is close to full. Th…

The Largest Insect Ever Existed Was a Giant 'Dragonfly'

The largest insect that ever existed was a dragonfly called Meganeuropsis permiana. This insect lived during the late Perm…