What was that shaking you felt? Was it an earthquake? As you rush out of your house, you see a giant mass of mud heading your way, and it’s swallowing trees, cars, and everything in its path. It even ...

You’re deep underground when you hear an explosion. Fire and debris rain down on you. You’re alive but trapped, hundreds of meters below the surface of the Earth with no way out. You’re low on food, ...

Evidence of deadly ash clouds deep in the country's underground caves shows there's no escaping massive volcanic eruptions.

The 2008 film Wall-E depicted Earth as a post-apocalyptic wasteland with nothing on it but the abandoned remnants of human society and a forlorn, trash-compacting robot. The titular robot's only ...

Chances are, you still believe this outdated earthquake-safety advice. Here's what you should do instead when the shaking starts.

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

The majority of U.S. adults can't afford to miss even half of a monthly Social Security payment. A new report shows, however, that benefit cuts could potentially happen within the decade. There are a ...

Having older siblings affects a child’s chance of survival — but the precise effect depends on the older siblings’ sex and age 1. Children in large families must compete with their siblings for ...

This refusal to engage in commercial practice is looking more ridiculous. In the wake of funding for public broadcasting being cancelled, one solution that has long been in play is the move to an ...

"If that atom bomb hits, fall flat and double up." That was the core of advice in a government booklet published 75 years ago – "Survival Under Atomic Attack." The publication, put out by the Atomic ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast. It is home to 4,300 species, including ...