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When the magnitude 9.0 Thoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its seismic shivers did more than ripple through the planet.

Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.

The wave's round trip to Earth's core set off a fault slip along Japan's plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn't recognized.

New study shows how posts claiming sunscreen is harmful are more likely to generate likes, comments and shares on TikTok.

Turns out, the first animals to walk on land weren't amphibians.

A new study has found historic levels of stress on one of America's most dangerous fault lines that could trigger a world-changing disaster.

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

Crash testing with these massive mammals has come a long way from using real cadavers.

A new study suggests Southern California's major fault system is more stressed than at any point in the last 1,000 years. Researchers found that the Cajon Pass, where the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults meet, could act as an "earthquake gate" that ...

This image, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a ...