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Canada's 2023 wildfires contributed to 87,000 early deaths worldwide, study estimatesThe health impacts from Canada's worst wildfire stretched into Europe, Asia and Africa, a new study reveals.
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'We know what to do; we just have to implement it.': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.Cuts to Medicaid and legal confusion around patient care post-Roe v. Wade may prevent improvements in the maternal mortality rate.
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Toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater are formed up in the stratosphere, surprise findings showPerchlorates, a group of toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater, first form on rare particles in the stratosphere, scientists have discovered.
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Mystery quake that rocked Northern California in 1954 came from 'eerily quiet' Cascadia Subduction ZoneScientists link a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook Humboldt Bay, California, 71 years ago to the "locked" Cascadia Subduction Zone.
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'Sleeping giant' fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggestsA new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.
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First video of an earthquake fault cracking has revealed another surpriseA stunning video of the ground cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar is revealing new surprises.
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Scientists discover changes to the polar vortex that are plunging parts of US into deep freezeWhen the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns controlling these cold snaps.
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The San Andreas Fault: Facts about the crack in California's crust that could unleash the 'Big One'California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location often associated with earthquakes.
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Almost half of California's faults — including San Andreas — are overdue for earthquakesCalifornia's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.
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Alan Turing's seminal papers, almost destroyed by a shredder, head to auctionThe trove of papers from pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing was discovered in a loft.
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Hidden layer beneath Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera may explain why it's so restlessAccording to new research, the active volcano that sits west of Naples has a "tuff" layer about two miles beneath the surface that traps volcanic gases deep below the caldera's floor.
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The history of cat domesticationDiscover the history of our feline friends, and learn about the debate over whether cats are really "domesticated" at all.
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Aliens: Facts about extraterrestrial life and how scientists are looking for itDiscover interesting facts about where alien life forms are likely to exist, and what they look like.
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See the best Milky Way photos of the yearMind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.
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150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of AfricaThe record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa.
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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally splitEnormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.
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First-of-its-kind video captures the terrifying moment the ground tore apart during major Myanmar earthquake
A security camera near Thazi, Myanmar, captured the earth cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in March.
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Yosemite's ultra-deep canyon may have been carved in part by a ghost volcano and river, provocative research suggestsA river that drained the slopes of a now-vanished volcano may have carved Yosemite Valley's depths during the last 10 million years.
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What does the Pope do, anyway?New pope's schedule will be 'exhausting.'
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People really can communicate with just their eyes, study findsNew research reveals how humans communicate through their gaze.
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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive floodingThe geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, but that could reverse in an instant.
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Simple blood test could help reveal whether melanoma will come backA new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma recurrence.
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Measles has long-term health consequencesMeasles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.
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An ocean of magma formed early in Earth's history and it may still influence our planet today, study findsRemnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still persist today as odd anomalies in the mantle.
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