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Google has used its Android smartphones to detect earthquakes for years — and now, the company is admitting to a massive misstep.

Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years

By Noor Al-Sibai

A video captured during the 2025 Myanmar earthquake may be a first-of-its-kind recording of a surface-level fault rupture.

Science & Energy

Extremely Rare Video Shows the Earth Being Violently Torn Apart During an Earthquake

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

X owner Elon Musk has promoted several debunked claims and toxic conspiracies about the government's response to Hurricane Helene.

Elon Musk Is Spreading Dangerous Hurricane Helene Conspiracy Theories

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Nothing spells dystopia quite like using the Whataburger app to track damage from a hurricane — but in Texas, they make do.

Science & Energy

After Deadly Hurricane, Texans Using Whataburger App to Track Power Outages

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bad news for New York: the Big Apple appears to be sinking a little bit each year under the weight of its iconic skyscrapers.

Science & Energy

NYC Appears to Be Sinking Because Its Skyscrapers Are So Heavy

By Noor Al-Sibai

It may be more likely than ever that the next mega-earthquake is going to happen in the PNW — and a hole in the bottom of the sea may provide clues.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Leak in the Bottom of the Ocean

By Noor Al-Sibai

After weeks of nearly-non-stop rain, a freaking tornado was filmed as it ripped through Los Angeles County, damaging people and property in its wake.

Science & Energy

Bizarrely, Los Angeles County Just Got Hit By a Tornado

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Northern California man and some eyewitnesses believe a meteorite crashed into his home and caused a fire — but NASA has denied that any made landfall.

NASA Fires Back at Claim Meteor Destroyed House and Killed Dog

By Noor Al-Sibai

A shocking new study found that over half of all human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by greenhouse gas driven climate change.

Study: Climate Change Making More Than Half of Infectious Diseases Far Worse

By Frank Landymore

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time.

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sea levels are rising faster in some areas than others, flooding coastal towns.

Why Sea Levels Along The US East Coast Are Rising at Different Rates

Researchers have created an AI that can predict the location of earthquake aftershocks far more accurately than the best available model.

Google’s AI Can Help Predict Where Earthquake Aftershocks Are Most Likely

By Kristin Houser

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.

Death Count from Hurricane Maria Was Way Off. That Might Slow Puerto Rico’s Recovery.

By Dan Robitzski

Tracking Atmospheric “Rivers” Could Help Us Predict Extreme Weather

Science & Energy

Tracking Atmospheric “Rivers” Could Help Us Predict Extreme Weather

By Chelsea Gohd

When It Comes To Natural Disasters, Technology Has An Unavoidable Dark Side

When It Comes To Natural Disasters, Technology Has An Unavoidable Dark Side

By Aylin Woodward

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders