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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding
A catastrophic earthquake in the Cascadia region of the Pacific Northwest could lower the ground nea ...View More
'It's huge, and it's been hidden for this whole time': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers
Astronomers have discovered the closest known molecular cloud to Earth, giving them a rare close-up ...View More
2,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France
Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents ...View More
What is xeroderma pigmentosum? The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight
Disease name: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)Affected populations: Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare geneti ...View More
Diagnostic dilemma: A rash 'migrated' across a man's body from his anus
The patient: A 64-year-old man in SpainThe symptoms: The patient, who had previously been diagnosed ...View More
China's '2D' chip could soon be used to make silicon-free chips
Researchers in China say they have created a new silicon-free transistor that could significantly bo ...View More
Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
The earliest known domestic cat in what is now the United States perished 466 years ago in a shipwre ...View More
'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers
Germ theory is the idea that pathogens can invade the human body and cause disease — and it wasn't a ...View More
Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery
Astronomers thought the Perseus cluster was a massive-but-stable grouping of galaxies, until they fo ...View More
Heavy dusting of 'pineapple powder' paints Hawaii's volcanoes white after near-record snowfall — Earth from space
Striking satellite photos snapped in 2021 show the volcanic peaks of Hawaii's Big Island covered wit ...View More
