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November 27, 2017

Bali volcano: What happened during the last major eruption at Mount Agung?

With the eyes of the world on erupting Mount Agung on Bali, experts are recounting the last major eruption at the Indonesian volcano.

November 27, 2017

Bali volcano: Lava pools up in crater, ‘will certainly spill over to the slopes’

Indonesian disaster agency says 100,000 people should evacuate expanded danger zone around Bali volcano.

November 27, 2017

Elon Musk is freaked out by the creepy backflipping robot

Elon Musk has repeatedly sounded the alarm against the rise of artificial intelligence as a threat to humanity. Now, the venerable tech exec has observed that Boston Dynamics' latest robot, which does backflips, is just the start of things to come.

November 17, 2017

Rogue planet could bring end of days this weekend, numerologists say

Here’s to hoping that you made plans for an epic weekend, because it may be our last.

November 17, 2017

Scientists have a new theory on how the Chernobyl disaster unfolded

A new theory on the Chernobyl disaster could shed fresh light on the world’s worst nuclear accident.

November 15, 2017

What is it like to be swallowed by lava?

A camera has captured the moment it was completely swallowed by molten lava and has miraculously come out still working.

November 14, 2017

15,000 scientists just sent a dire 'warning to humanity'

Twenty-five years ago, 1,500 scientists signed a letter warning humanity that it needed to change its ways in order to save the planet.

November 10, 2017

Is there a supervolcano buried in Antarctica waiting to erupt?

Antarctica is behaving oddly. Like its North Pole counterpart, it’s being affected by our changing climate. But not in ways science expects.

November 9, 2017

Runaway Chinese space station could smash into a major city next year

An out of control Chinese space station could smash into a major world city at the beginning of 2018.

November 8, 2017

Stephen Hawking warns: Humanity may have less than 600 years to leave Earth

If humanity doesn't become a truly spacefaring species in the next five centuries or so, we may well go extinct, Stephen Hawking said, according to media reports.