N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether ...

Night - Flurries with a 46% chance of precipitation. Winds S at 10 mph (16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 18 °F (-7.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 27 °F (-2.8 °C) and a 56% chance of ...

In this important manuscript, the authors provide evidence for this mechanism in two different mechanically gated channels. The experiments were carried out in the same membranes, but the evidence is ...

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name ...

What's in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it ...

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