Category: 7. SciTech

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

At least one wave traveled 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) down to the boundary between Earth’s mantle and liquid outer core, where it was reflected…

If a movie opened with scientists discovering hundreds of earthquakes deep under Antarctica – in a place where they’re not supposed to happen, geologically speaking – you might expect the next scene to involve aliens, ancient monsters, or something equally dramatic.

This isn’t science…

Supplements are “like a religion” for Pachi Paris, a 29-year-old from Miami who works in finance. So when he and his wife started trying to conceive last year, it felt only natural that he started taking pills meant to boost his fertility, to the tune of $250 per month.

Six months later,…

It’s called California’s Big One for a reason.

For more than a century, tectonic pressure has steadily and silently been building within the San Andreas fault line and the nearby San Jacinto fault line.

Now, a new computer model designed by researchers from the US and Europe suggests that…