TOKYO — A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor hit about 100 kilometers (62 miles) ...

About seven flights were cancelled after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano which spewed ash clouds more than 8 kilometres into the air, on Thursday. “The ash column was ...

A woman who fed a red ruffed lemur, a critically endangered species, a can of soft drink at the Singapore Zoo sparked a social media frenzy. The photo of her was circulated on the Instagram account ...

The eruption also initially prompted fears of a potential tsunami in Japan from any pressure wave triggered by the volcano, but Japanese Meteorological Agency officials later said no tsunami was ...

Undoubtedly. But as we report this week, Mr Johnson is not alone. He is part of a growing movement that sees the human body as just another piece of hardware to be hacked, optimised and upgraded.

But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species we know: humans. University of Cambridge researchers have now uncovered an ...

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Our estimates of rural populations have systematically underestimated the actual number of people living in these regions by at least half, researchers have claimed – with potentially huge ...

Scientists have recently detailed how automation and machine learning can aid clinicians treating patients with spreading depolarizations, sometimes referred to as 'brain tsunamis.' A University ...

The models present a scenario of what might happen in a tsunami evacuation in Napier. A full 60 minutes after a long-strong earthquake in Napier triggers the risk of a tsunami, people could still ...