October 20, 2017 Yellowstone supervolcano could blow faster than initially thought Arizona State University researchers have analyzed minerals around the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park and have come to a startling conclusion. It could blow much faster than previously expected, though any talk of it potentially wiping out life as we know it is incorrect.
October 20, 2017 North Korea's 'stressed' nuclear test mountain on verge of collapse North Korea’s nuclear tests are not only raising fears around the world, they are causing the peak under which the bombs are being detonated to suffer “tired mountain syndrome.”
October 16, 2017 'Doomsday orange sky' freaks out parts of UK, France Weather apocalypse? A strange red sun and bizarre yellow/orange sky were visible in parts of the U.K. and France Monday as a result of Hurricane Ophelia.
October 13, 2017 Mysterious upside-down canyon revealed on underside of Antarctic ice A mysterious world of upside-down canyons crisscrosses the underbelly of Antarctica's ice shelves.
October 12, 2017 A massive hole just opened up in Antarctica's ice and scientists can't explain it Thanks to its usefulness as an indicator of how badly humans are messing up the Earth with global warming, scientists like to keep a pretty close eye on the ice in Antarctica.
October 11, 2017 Volcanoes kill about 540 people a year, scientists say The closer you get to an active volcano, the better your odds of dying if it erupts.
October 9, 2017 Beware radioactive wild boars: Hunters in Sweden concerned about Chernobyl’s frightening legacy Some 31 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl, a wild boar with more than 10-times the safe limit of radiation has been killed by hunters hundreds of miles away in Sweden.
October 6, 2017 Elon Musk can rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid, if given the chance Robert Downey Jr.'s version of Tony Stark in "Iron Man 2" may have been loosely based on Elon Musk, but it appears Musk is the real super-hero, as he tries to save one energy grid at a time.
October 5, 2017 Thanks to global warming, airplane turbulence is on the rise Nervous fliers may have more bumpy rides to worry about in the years to come. A new study published in the journal, Geophysical Research Letters, found climate change could cause up to three times as much clear-air turbulence (CAT) between 2050 and 2080.
October 3, 2017 Fukushima's radioactive cesium found an unexpected hiding spot The earthquake, then the tsunami, then the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster.