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The 10 biggest explosions in history
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Explosions, both natural and man-made, have caused awe and terror for centuries. Here are 10 of the biggest recorded blasts.
What is fission?
By Nola Taylor Redd, Tia Ghose last updated
Fission is the process by which an atom splits into two, generating two smaller atoms and a tremendous amount of energy. Fission powers nuclear bombs and power plants.
Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active — and covered in up to a million giant eggs
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers discovered that an underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the surface off the Pacific coast of Canada is spouting hot fluid, providing a little-known species of skate with an ideal nursery.
Final moments of dinosaur and mammal's epic 'mortal combat' battle preserved by volcanic eruption
By Harry Baker published
A small badger-like mammal and a juvenile bipedal dinosaur were locked in a battle to the death 125 million years ago when they were both killed and perfectly preserved by a volcanic mudflow.
400,000-year-old mammoth tusk found sticking out of the ground in English quarry
By Kiley Price published
Fossil hunters stumbled upon a large mammoth tusk during a "fossil walk."
Another major US city is sinking, and this time it's due to 'underground climate change'
By Aimee Gabay published
The ground beneath Chicago is deforming as a result of heat leaking from underground structures — a phenomenon dubbed a "silent hazard" for cities across the globe.
How do plants with seedless fruit reproduce?
By Amanda Heidt published
Plants are capable of producing seedless fruit through a process called parthenocarpy, and humans have long leveraged it in agriculture.
Will the drive for EVs destroy Earth's last untouched ecosystem?
By Kiley Price published
In the hunt for minerals needed in electric car batteries, some companies are turning to the deep sea. But mining this ecosystem could threaten its very existence.
Nuclear bombs set off new geological epoch in the 1950s, scientists say
By Sascha Pare published
Nuclear testing in the 1950s marked sediments at the bottom of a lake in Canada to such an extent that scientists are calling for it to become the symbol of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.
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