Slow motion precursors give earthquakes the fast slip

At a glacier near the South Pole, earth scientists have found evidence of a quiet, slow-motion fault slip that triggers strong, fast-slip earthquakes many miles away, according to Cornell University research published in ...

Mars tech electrifies Earth

Some of the wind turbines generating electricity on Earth today grew out of technology developed in the 1990s for settlements on Mars.

Image: Picnic at Concordia research station in Antarctica

ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research station in Antarctica during a freezing picnic. No arrivals will appear on the horizon for nine months – the ...

Sick US South Pole scientist flown to New Zealand

A US scientist stranded in Antarctica for almost two months following a suspected stroke has been evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand in a hazardous airlift.

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