Tracking minor changes in gravity when an earthquake hits could buy us precious life-saving minutes, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
A wind-drive brush fire that broke out in Southern California Monday afternoon has destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to evacuate as of Tuesday morning.
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered pieces from 27 fragmented statues of the lioness goddess Sekhmet at a dig site in the country’s southern city of Luxor.
An “alarming” number of dead sharks have washed up on Louisa Creek Beach in Queensland, leaving residents concerned about what caused this.
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Sunday night’s Supermoon, aka the ‘Full Cold Moon,’ is the first of three such consecutive lunar events in which our satellite will appear bigger and brighter.
A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit comes closest to the Earth, a point known as the perigee, when it appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the furthest point away, known as the apogee (roughly 30,000 miles (50,000 km) from the Earth).
The statement came after Yonhap News reported that six U.S. Raptor stealth fighters planes arrived in South Korea on Saturday for a joint air drill named “Vigilant Ace 18” scheduled for Dec. 4 to 8.
The eastern coast of the US Has remained quiet since the Earthquake that struck in Delaware. There does seem to be a bit of a shift in global quakes at the moment. The Atlantic ridge has been active, with quakes also hitting in Africa! You can find more info at the links below.
Residents of southern Arizona are baffled by mysterious booms being felt and heard across the southern part of the state, which have caused the ground to shake and pets to tremble. No one seems to have an explanation for the weird occurrences.
The spooky events happened two nights in a row – on Tuesday between 8pm and 8:30pm, and on Wednesday just after 3pm, according to Tucson News Now. It’s not just one or two people who have reported the strange booms, as the media outlet says it has been “inundated” with calls, emails and Facebook messages from witnesses.
New Zealand could be potentially hit by a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake followed by a “towering” tsunami, scientists warn. According to the researchers, a 2016 quake that hit the area reawakened a hazardous fault that was believed to be dormant.
The Hikurangi subduction zone – a deep trench in the Earth’s crust running along the eastern shore of New Zealand’s North Island – is now active and could trigger magnitude 8.5 earthquakes, which would be far more devastating that the one that hit the islands in 2016, a group of scientists from the GNS research institute warn. The earthquakes are also likely to be followed by tsunamis that could reach New Zealand’s coast within mere minutes, the geologists add.
The National Rifle Association has called the concealed carry bill, which would make it easier for gun owners to keep their firearms hidden when crossing state lines, its “highest legislative priority in Congress.” Despite concerns raised by Democrats about states’ rights and domestic violence, the Republican-controlled Congress has pushed the proposal one step closer to becoming law.
The House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday voted 19-11 for the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, which would amend the federal criminal code to allow the concealed transport of handguns across state lines, so long as both states allow it. States will not be able to impose their individual requirements for a concealed carry license on armed travelers from other states.
Following headlines that North Korea test-fired its first ICBM since September, US equity markets have stumbled (Nasdaq now red for the day), gold jumped (spot testing towards $1300) while the dollar and bond yields drop…
Moscow lost contact with a satellite after its launch from Russia’s far east, the state space corporation said Tuesday.
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying several satellites lifted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome at 08.41 a.m. Moscow time (0541GMT), Roscosmos said in a statement.
Lockheed Martin’s Fortis Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD) – an AI controlled exoskeleton is designed to turn U.S. soldiers into super-machines. The Army is currently testing the technology at Fort A.P. Hill running it through normal tasks of combat infantry– in order to see if productivity increase.
Russian deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov said on Monday that “an apocalyptic scenario of developments” on the Korean Peninsula is possible, but Russia hopes that a common sense would prevail among the involved parties.
“A scenario of the apocalyptic development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula exists and we cannot turn our blind eye to it,” Morgulov said speaking at the opening of the eighth annual Asian Conference of the Valdai discussion club in Seoul. “I hope that a common sense, pragmatism and an instinct of self-preservation would prevail among our partners to exclude such negative scenario,” the Russian diplomat said, quoted by Russia’s Tass.
A train hauling molten sulfur has derailed in Lakeland, Florida, causing a chemical spill. The crash has been pronounced a hazmat situation, and officials have told residents to temporarily stay indoors and keep their windows shut.
A reported nine cars of the CSX railroad freight train derailed in the early hours on Monday morning, ABC Action News reported. At least four of the cars contained hazardous material, officials said, adding that several were reported to be leaking.
There was a small fire at the scene, officials told the news channel, adding that it was immediately controlled. When exposed to fire, sulfur can turn into poisonous gas.
The eruption at Mount Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali is continuing to grow in intensity, the country’s disaster management agency says, warning that a larger eruption may occur at any time. The alert has been raised to the highest level.
