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Using AI to probe Earth's processes topic of FORNL talk on June 9
2+ hour ago (182+ words) Advancing the understanding of processes on Earth using artificial intelligence with models run on supercomputers is the topic of a talk that Forrest M. Hoffman, a group leader and computational scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will give on Tuesday, June…...
Newly Discovered Active Fault Line Could Threaten New Zealand's Biggest City
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (173+ words) It lies just 30 miles away from Auckland 11: 00 AM CDT on June 4, 2026 The Mangatangi Fault, named after a nearby river of the same name, was discovered by geologists from the University of Auckland using a variety of field and remote-sensing techniques....
The Moment We Saw the Light: Fossil Tracks Reveal When and How the First Animals Began to Perceive the World
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (609+ words) An animal with better senses does something else. It detects something'a microbial mat, a shelter, maybe a conspecific (an individual that belongs to the same species as another)'and changes direction toward it. Its paths curve, cross, form loops. The…...
Fossil discovery solves 500-million-year-old mystery about the dawn of animal life
1+ hour ago (763+ words) Tiny honeycomb-like colonies from southern China have opened a long-running gap in the story of animal life. For decades, bryozoans seemed oddly absent from the Cambrian explosion, the burst of diversification that filled ancient seas with most major animal groups....
Strong mag. 5. 1 earthquake - 37 km north of Qarasu, Xinjiang, China, on Friday, Jun 5, 2026, at 12: 19 am (Urumqi time)
47+ min ago (31+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Strong mag. 5. 1 earthquake - 37 km north of Qarasu, Xinjiang, China, on Friday, Jun 5, 2026, at 12: 19 am (Urumqi time) -...
Unconfirmed earthquake or seismic-like event: 3. 8 km southeast of Skikda, Wilaya de Skikda, Algeria, Thursday, Jun 4, 2026, at 03: 28 pm (GMT +1)
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (34+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Unconfirmed earthquake or seismic-like event: 3. 8 km southeast of Skikda, Wilaya de Skikda, Algeria, Thursday, Jun 4, 2026, at 03: 28 pm (GMT +1) -...
Moderate mag. 4. 8 earthquake - 64 km northwest of Monywa, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, on Thursday, Jun 4, 2026, at 10: 09 pm (Kolkata time)
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (32+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4. 8 earthquake - 64 km northwest of Monywa, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, on Thursday, Jun 4, 2026, at 10: 09 pm (Kolkata time) -...
Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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India poised for critical mineral breakthrough within a year, says Minister G Kishan Reddy
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (481+ words) ANI 29th May 2026, 06: 04 GMT+11 New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Coal and Mines, G Kishan Reddy, on Thursday announced that India is on the cusp of achieving significant milestones in the critical minerals sector within the next 12 months. Speaking…...
Dominica Reduces Diesel Dependency with 10 MW of Geothermal Power
49+ min ago (62+ words) energynews. pro "0. 50 a week for a whole year. Dominica Reduces Diesel Dependency with 10 MW of Geothermal Power DOMLEC reports that renewables now account for 51% of Dominica's electricity mix, with geothermal contributing 26%, as the 10 MW Laudat plant continues its commissioning phase....