Every year on September 19, residents of Mexico
City conduct an emergency evacuation drill to mark
the anniversary of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake
that killed about 10,000 residents in 1985.
Yesterday was no exception. At 11:00 am,
thousands of people left their homes, offices, and
shops and made their way to the predesignated sa...
A week ago, on Tuesday, September 12, Apple
unveiled its latest offerings to eagerly awaiting fans.
The 2017 product showcase held at Apple Park, the
company’s new “spaceship” headquarters in
Cupertino, CA, included an upgraded Apple Watch,
4K Apple TV, as well as the next generation iPhones
– 8 and 8 plus. Just as the presentation appeared t...
Just days after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas and
parts of Louisiana, leaving behind unprecedented
destruction, an even stronger tropical cyclone was
reported heading towards Florida. Irma, the most
powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded
history, first brought chaos to the Caribbean,
devastating islands like Barbuda and St. Martin on ...
Over a 100 million years ago, an 18-foot (5.48
meter) long, 2,500-pound (1,133 kg)
pineapple-shaped dinosaur met an untimely death
when it was swept away by a river in what is now
Alberta, Canada. Fortunately for us, its body ended
up situated back-first on the muddy floor of an old
seaway. This helped preserve the ancient behemot...
While Japan is known to have higher than average
rates of stomach cancer, the residents of the town of
Kaneyama in Yamagata Prefecture appear to be
particularly susceptible to the gastric ailment. After a
recent report revealed that the municipality had one
of the highest stomach cancer fatality rates out of
the nation’s 344 “secondary medical districts”, the...
The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, is the
first of its kind to go coast-to-coast across the
continental United States in nearly a century. While
the partial eclipse will start earlier and end later, the
total eclipse will travel from Oregon to South
Carolina in a speedy 93 minutes. Its narrow,
70-mile-wide, path of totality will begin at Lincoln B...
Worms are not the first thing that come to mind
when one thinks of space travelers. However, that is
exactly what the researchers from Tufts University
decided to send to the International Space Station
(ISS) on January 10, 2015. Some were left whole,
others had their head or tail sliced off, while a few
poor souls went to space with neither head nor tail...
To say that California’s redwoods are amazing is an
understatement. The majestic trees that have been
around for millions of years have a lifespan of up to
2,000 years and can reach heights of over 300 feet,
so tall that the tops are often invisible. Over the
years, researchers have been able to discover a lot
about these sturdy survivors that are resistant to ...
While U.S. President Donald Trump, who pulled out
of the Paris climate agreement on June 1, is
convinced global warming is a “hoax,” the
deteriorating condition of the world’s coral reefs
seems to suggest otherwise. Often called
“rainforests of the sea,” the incredible ecosystems
that occupy less than 0.1 percent of ocean’s surfa...
