Kamchatka earthquake response shows tsunami warnings are improving
The coastline of Shiogama, Japan as a tsunami warning had been issued after a huge earthquake Asahi Shimbun via Getty…
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Scientists crush ice cores to predict Antarctica’s next big ice crack
In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications…
Deep-living microbes could ‘eat’ energy generated by earthquakes
Microbes might find energy in surprisingly inhospitable places Public domain sourced / access rights from The Book Worm / Alamy…
Microwaving rocks could help mining operations pull CO2 out of the air
Nickel West in Australia is one of many mines that could use microwaves to store CO2 in waste rock BHP…
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Vincent Lynch (left) and Nic Rawlence have been targeted by negative articles Berlin Communications/Ken Miller Academics who have questioned the…
Mystery of the potato’s origins solved by genetics
Potato tubers are the result of an ancient hybridisation event Jackie Bale/Getty Images The humble potato, it turns out, is…
E. coli genome has been remade with 101,000 changes to its DNA
E. coli can cause severe illness, but is also often used in drug development VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY We…
Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite
Illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex Roger Harris/Getty Images/Science Photo Library A closer look at the skulls of gigantic dinosaurs reveals some…
Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no
“Pepper fruit are the fertilised ovaries of flowers” Gary Lenhart/Shutterstock When I was a kid, my Malaysian grandma used to…
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