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The Next Cascadian Megaquake May Be Sooner Than You Think
By Mindy Weisberger published
Devastating Cascadia megaquakes may rock the Pacific Northwest more frequently than previously suspected.
As World Warms, America's Invisible 'Climate Curtain' Creeps East
By Mindy Weisberger published
A climate boundary divides the U.S. — and it's on the move.
Get Used to Nor'easters — Arctic Warming May Mean More Severe Winters in the Northeast
By Mindy Weisberger published
Temperature spikes in the Arctic coincide with severe winter weather in the northeastern U.S.
Ancient Native American Burial Site Discovered Off the Coast of Florida
By Rafi Letzter published
A 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site has turned up off the coast of Venice, Florida.
Black People Were Enslaved in the US Until as Recently as 1963
By Rafi Letzter published
White landowners enslaved black Americans for at least a century after the Civil War.
Do You Want to Believe? Government UFO Search Never Stopped
By Mindy Weisberger published
The U.S. government has been secretly investigating UFOs since 2007.
Could Climate Change Affect People’s Personalities?
By Charles Q. Choi published
People's personalities may be shaped by the temperatures of the places in which they grew up, a new study suggests.
Summer in the US Was Hotter and Wetter Than Average
By Mindy Weisberger published
It's been a wet, hot American summer, according to a new NOAA climate report.
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