6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1033+ words) A series of mysterious earthquakes has been recorded near one of America's most secretive bases used for nuclear testing." Over the last day, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has detected 16 moderate tremors, all stronger than 2.5 in magnitude, in the vicinity…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (808+ words) By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER 15:59 17 Feb 2026, updated 16:29 17 Feb 2026 Antarctica is home to many mysteries, but one of the strangest is an enormous 'gravity hole' deep beneath the ice. Gravity might feel stable and constant wherever we go, but…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (420+ words) Native title holders have taken a case to the High Court to assert their rights over an aquifer after a horticulture company was granted a massive water allocation to grow fruit and vegetables in the desert. Six native title holders…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (839+ words) A new theory may finally explain why the Bermuda Triangle has long been linked to mysterious disappearances of ships and planes." Researchers have long suggested that unusual environmental conditions, such as rare combinations of methane gas releases from the ocean…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (698+ words) A nine-year-old girl found a meteorite which is older than the Earth itself on a beach near her home. Ariana Church made the extraordinary find with her seven-year-old sister, Leyla, mother Hayley, 39, and grandmother Marion, at Penarth Pier in Wales....

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (661+ words) By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 18:32 27 Jan 2026, updated 22:39 27 Jan 2026 Scientists studying Northern California have uncovered previously hidden fault lines, raising alarms that seismic risk in the region may be underestimated." For decades, the Mendocino triple junction was believed to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (705+ words) Scientists studying Northern California have uncovered previously hidden fault lines, raising alarms that seismic risk in the region may be underestimated." For decades, the Mendocino triple junction was believed to be where three tectonic plates meet: the San Andreas Fault…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1740+ words) The 5,000yearold mystery of Stonehenge may have finally been solved with the help of a few tiny grains of sand. While most scientists believe that Stonehenge's massive stones were dragged from Wales and Scotland, a rival theory proposes that the builders…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) A twelfth earthquake has struck Southern California in less than a day and experts warn that more tremors may be on the way. The latest quake struck just a few miles from the city of Indio in the Coachella Valley,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (592+ words) At least 40 earthquakes have shaken Southern California since Wednesday morning, with the largest reaching a magnitude of 4.4. The US Geological Survey recorded the first quake near Holtville at 1:40am PT on Wednesday, with the most recent detected on Thursday morning." Hundreds…...