5,000-Year-Long Tsunami Record Found in Guano-Encrusted Sumatran Cave
The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.
The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.
Researchers are improving the ability of robots to identify three-dimensional objects even if their shape is partially obscured.
Trypophobia is an unusual phobia -- people feel strongly disgusted when they see clusters of circle-shaped objects, such as bubbles or holes.
Why don't pedigreed cats show the extremes in body size and shape that dog breeds do?
Strategies aimed at helping people to be healthy could help to decrease the global numbers of dementia cases.
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India is one of the world's oldest and most diverse cultures. Here is an overview of Indian customs and traditions.
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Elon Musk may be focused primarily on Mars, but he'd also like to see a human outpost on a world much closer to home.
Rising global temperatures are melting areas of permafrost that hold enormous stores of planet warming gases — but the risk of a doomsday methane bomb remains low.
What's that on the beach? Unusual objects can stump even ocean experts.
The 6-year-old son of Cecil the Lion was shot and killed on July 7 just outside Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, meeting the same end his father did in 2015.
Grab that iced tea — much of the U.S. has had a hot summer so far, and it's only going to get hotter, according to a report released today (July 20) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The "stomach bug" norovirus is behind the latest outbreak of foodborne illness linked to Chipotle, according to health officials.
Tuna fish repurpose their lymphatic system to control their movement.
A cow in Alabama recently tested positive for the neurological disorder commonly known as mad cow disease.
Elon Musk recently announced on Twitter that he had received "verbal government approval" for his Boring Company to build a superfast Hyperloop transit system that would take people from New York to Washington, D.C., in just under 30 minutes.
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