Category: Climate & Nature

A city-killing asteroid the size of a major skyscraper will scream past Earth in just hours – and scientists have warned that it could return in the future. The asteroid…

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a…

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A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake has set off tsunami alerts in Alaska, Hawaii, and Russia. The quake struck near the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region, off Russia’s east coast, on Thursday at 2:58pm…

NASA‘s Mars rover has uncovered evidence that the Red Planet experienced multiple episodes of flowing water, creating conditions that might have supported life. Scientists identified two dozen types of minerals…

Archaeologists have found the remains of a ‘lost’ castle on a remote Scottish island once home to a wealthy kingdom. The castle, on the island of Islay, was the centre…

If your lunchtime salad doesn’t look too appealing, scientists have given you the perfect opportunity to ditch it. Experts from the University of Plymouth have issued an urgent warning over…

It’s a treat loved by chocolate fiends across the UK – but it turns out you’ve probably been eating Maltesers wrong this entire time. Many of us nibble off the…

In Alaska’s Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain…

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on the Earth’s surface, with one of the world’s highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it…