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The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

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Specialized whale-bone harpoons from southern Brazil dating back 5,000 years suggest that Indigenous groups in the area were whalers. As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake ...

Scientists spotted patterns hours before a major solar flare, a discovery that could help forecast dangerous eruptions.

Andes hantavirus causes deadly lung failure, but its method of attack differs from other respiratory illnesses. The details ...