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April 26, 2018

Oklahoma suffers its 2,724th earthquakes since 2010

A cluster of earthquakes in Oklahoma earlier this month helped push the state to 62 temblors this year alone of magnitude 3.0 or more — and 2,724 of that magnitude or more since 2010.

April 26, 2018

CRISPR could one day help conservationists save our ocean’s coral

In a recent study, scientists demonstrated for the first time that the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be successfully used on coral. The breakthrough suggests CRISPR could offer a boost for conservationists.

April 25, 2018

A Google Street View car drove right through the path of the 2017 solar eclipse

The most-viewed eclipse in history had an unexpected witness: A Google Street View car drove right to the edge of totality, offering a surprising celestial treat for visitors scoping out the event in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

April 24, 2018

Doomsday AI machines could lead to nuclear war, think tank paper warns

Could the future of artificial intelligence lead to a robot doomsday?

April 23, 2018

NASA baffled by mysterious ice circles in Arctic

A NASA aircraft has spotted something in the Arctic that it can't explain and it has "never seen before."

April 23, 2018

Rapture prediction for April 23 just latest doomsday call

The world will cease to exist on April 23, according to a prediction that has some laughing, some yawning and yet others making preparations that could leave their lives in shambles.

April 20, 2018

Giant whale bumps into Maryland pier, shocks fishermen

A man fishing off of a pier in Maryland had an unexpected encounter with a whale, a video shows.

April 20, 2018

Doomsday timeline: Dates when David Meade, others said the world was supposed to end

The start to the end of the world is coming, according to doomsday writer David Meade.

April 20, 2018

Knife-wielding monk seal pup spotted on Hawaii beach

Hawaiian officials are warning beachgoers after a monk seal pup was spotted on a local beach with a knife in its mouth.

April 20, 2018

Earth Day has embraced hysteria and abandoned science

Sunday is Earth Day, a celebration conceived by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and first held in 1970 as a “symbol of environmental responsibility and stewardship.”