Environment
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
A massive landslide in August 2025 caused the second-biggest tsunami ever recorded, with waters rising over 480 metres inside...
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Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as tools
Neandertals may have had an unexpected tool in their kits: rhinoceros teeth.Marks in fossil rhino teeth found in caves in France and Spain suggest they were once used as multipurpose, heavy-duty tools. A new study reveals that these ancient...
Environment
Fire is transforming the US West’s public lands – research shows overlooked cost to recreation
Colorado’s two largest fires on record, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, burned hundreds of thousands of acres across some of the state’s most visited landscapes in 2020.The fires scorched trails, campgrounds and...
Environment
Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year
With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential solution.And people...
Environment
Alaska’s near-record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls – and left clues for building a warning system
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide...
Environment
Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded
New research suggests glacier melt driven by climate change is increasing the risk of giant waves.
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Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults OK’d by FDA in major shift under Trump
Washington — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Trump from...
Environment
Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award
The world is moving forward at an unimaginable rate, with the rapid progression of technology leading this bullet train...
Environment
Beavers spotted in Hampshire nature reserve for the first time
Beavers have been filmed by a member of the public as they swam around in a nature reserve for the first time.The pair were spotted by "amazed" local resident Tony Thompson on 1 May at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve,...
Science
Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch – NASA Science
Shivelyuch (also called Shiveluch), the most northerly active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. On a near-daily basis, satellites detect new signs of activity within its horseshoe-shaped caldera, including thermal...
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China’s leader Xi Jinping set to make rare visit to North Korea
Xi will be in North Korea from 8-9 June, a rare visit to the isolated regime that is a...