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Image: Serget Ponomarev/NYT When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ruptured a fault offshore from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 2025, it sent tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean. Now researchers have shown that clues to where it would strike may have been sitting in ground-motion measurements collected years earlier. By reanalysing older satellite positioning records, a new…

A veteran astronaut who has lived in orbit for nearly a year and flown around the Moon is now moving from the cockpit to the engineering leadership table. Christina Koch, an electrical engineer by training, will serve as acting deputy chief engineer at the Nasa from November 1. The appointment ends her eligibility for future…

Northwestern scientists found a hydrophobic tau protein hotspot where water molecules help trigger interactions that drive harmful clump formation. Buried deep in the brain, a protein that normally helps sustain nerve cells can be a source of trouble. When tau proteins change from their normal shape, they can start to cling together, creating tangled structures…

Spider Crater in Western Australia may be 600–900 million years old, preserving evidence of an ancient meteorite impact. (Image: NASA) From the ground it may look like just another isolated patch of tough Australian country. From space, however, the landscape takes on an uncanny form: a giant spider etched across the earth. Spider Crater, hidden…

Representative Image of a NASA engineer testing a Venus probe model in a high-temperature ceramic-lined furnace ( AI Generrated Image) Nasa engineers have tested whether an engineering model of the DAVINCI Venus descent probe can protect its scientific instruments from the extreme heat it will encounter while travelling through the planet’s atmosphere. The model, roughly…

Scientists believe some planets beyond our solar system could offer better conditions for life than Earth Scientists are exploring whether planets beyond our solar system could offer better conditions for life than Earth, with some researchers suggesting that slightly larger planets orbiting orange-hued stars may be among the most promising places to look for extraterrestrial…

Weeds can destroy 50% to 90% of a field’s crop yield if left entirely uncontrolled, according to data from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In order to reduce the amount of weeds growing in fields, the USDA in 2022 funded a trial by spreading cardboard beds in…

Researchers create a 3D-printed model of Turkey’s Durupınar formation using ground-penetrating radar data. (Photo: Noah’s Ark Scans) A team investigating a site in eastern Turkey believed by some to be the location of Noah’s Ark has created a 3D-printed model of the boat-shaped Durupınar formation using ground-penetrating radar data. Located around 29 kilometres south of…

More than 50 years after the first crewed moon landing, Jeff Bezos has a straightforward explanation for why returning to the lunar surface remains so difficult. The Amazon founder says the United States devoted almost 3% of its gross domestic product (GDP) to the effort in 1969, making Apollo an exceptionally expensive national project. During…

Nevada’s wildlife agency has seen a 38% staffing decline, while more than 4,300 species globally remain undocumented for over a decade. (Photo: NNSS) A rare wildflower once found in the scrublands of Las Vegas has not been reliably recorded in the area for nearly a century, highlighting growing concerns about species that may be disappearing…