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Seattle Fault Zone -- 900-930 AD earthquake larger than previously thought

A fresh look at sedimentary evidence suggests the 900-930 AD rupture of the Seattle fault possibly produced a larger earthquake than previously recognized. The Seattle fault zone, a series of active-east-west trending thrust ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ghostly gamma-ray beams blast from Milky Way's center

(Phys.org) -- As galaxies go, our Milky Way is pretty quiet. Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Thailand buys Chinese tablet computers for schools

Thailand on Thursday signed a multi-million dollar deal to buy hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made tablet computers for primary school children, an official statement said.

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climatic effects of a solar minimum

An abrupt cooling in Europe together with an increase in humidity and particularly in windiness coincided with a sustained reduction in solar activity 2800 years ago. Scientists from the German Research Centre for Geosciences ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 92 | with audio podcast

Slaughtering animals without prior stunning should be curbed, if not banned

The slaughter of animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should at the very least be curbed, if not banned, concludes a former president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in an opinion piece ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 41

Ancient volcanic blast provides more evidence of water on early Mars

(Phys.org) -- The atmosphere of Mars is less than 1 percent the density of Earth’s. It’s one of the reasons liquid water covers much of our planet but cannot exist on the Red Planet. As more research ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Male orangutans need quality forests

(Phys.org) -- Cardiff University researchers have discovered further proof that orangutans need large swaths of forests to survive.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stream temperatures don't parallel warming climate trend

A new analysis of streams in the western United States with long-term monitoring programs has found that despite a general increase in air temperatures over the past several decades, streams are not necessarily warming at ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Three-toed horses reveal the secret of the Tibetan Plateau uplift

The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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