Powerful quake off north Japan kills 4, more than 90 injured

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday…

Newswire hacker case reveals how traders with private information make choices

A group of Russian and Ukrainian cyber-hackers were clearly risk-takers. But their actions after stealing embargoed…

Teachers, other school personnel, experience violence, threats, harassment during pandemic

While much of the focus on education during the pandemic has involved the effects on children…

Monkeys play to reduce group tension, study finds

New research has discovered that adult howler monkeys use play to avoid conflict and reduce group…

New technique harnesses cutting-edge AI capabilities to model and map the natural environment

A team of experts, including Charlie Kirkwood from the University of Exeter, has created a sophisticated…

Powerful quake rattles Japan, tsunami advisory issued

A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting…

Space telescope's image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky…

Novel theory of entropy may solve materials design issues

A challenge in materials design is that in both natural and manmade materials, volume sometimes decreases,…

Study finds that natural disasters can increase discrimination, including towards women

China’s Yellow River has a long and tumultuous history of flooding, and has been the cause…

Copper-silver-gold nanostructure gives carbon-capture-and-utilization a boost

Chemists have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a…