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Scientists found water-rich fault barriers that repeatedly stop magnitude 6 earthquakes on the Gofar transform fault.

Scientists solve the 30-year mystery of ‘clockwork’ earthquakes

An example of a neat-film-based molecular solar thermal (MOST) system, created by researchers in 2022.

Rechargeable solar battery ‘bottles the Sun’ for a rainy day or a cold night

Path of the solar system through the Local Interstellar Cloud.

Ancient supernova remnants found in Antarctic ice

Black hole mergers are helping LIGO tune faulty detectors and sharpen the hunt for gravitational-wave sources.

Gravitational wave detectors can now tune themselves using black holes

These kids are doing a lot more than just playing in the dirt.

School gardens can boost science learning, agriculture and food literacy

Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.

Ancient teeth unlock million-year-old secrets of where early humans evolved

Astronaut Christina Koch watching Earth from the Orion spacecraft (image taken with iPhone 17 Pro Max)

The human eyes behind Artemis II’s most memorable photos

An adult Magellanic penguin stands with its chick during breeding season in Argentina.

Penguin ‘toxicologists’ find PFAS chemicals in remote Patagonia

The new DC-DC step-down conversion chip shown on a U.S. penny for scale.

New chip design could boost efficiency of power management in data centers