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How to survive a tsunami

How to survive a tsunami

By Kate Baggaley

A wide-angle picture of the surface of the moon from the perspective of a lander spacecraft.

Scientists have new moon rocks for the first time in nearly 50 years

By Leto Sapunar

Aerial view of Paranal with VISTA in the foreground and the Very Large Telescope in the background.

A tiny town on the Tibetan Plateau could be the new global hub for space telescopes

By Charlie Wood

Close-up of mosquito on human skin.

China becomes the largest country to officially eradicate malaria

An illustration of the COVID-19 spike protein.

The Delta variant is on the rise in the US

By Erin Fennessy

A man looks through the cooling mechanism of a quantum computer.

What the heck is a quantum network?

Yes, giant space debris is falling to Earth right now. No, it probably won’t hit you.

Yes, giant space debris is falling to Earth right now. No, it probably won’t hit you.

By Claire Maldarelli

Megalithic jars in a Laos forest

Archaeologists finally uncovered some of the mystery behind Laos’s Plain of Jars

An illustration of a person with footsteps

Fitness & Exercise

Why 10,000 steps a day isn’t the secret to better health

By Claire Maldarelli

investigator examines Reactor Unit 3 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant

10 years after Fukushima, outdated nuclear power plants are still the norm

By Kurokawa & Meshkati/The Conversation

person handling blood samples in a lab

COVID-19 may have been circulating in the U.S. as early as last year

young girl receiving polio vaccine

COVID-19 is helping another terrible disease make a comeback in Afghanistan

By Ruchi Kumar/Undark

Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park

The fight to stop the next pandemic starts in the jungles of Borneo

Tim Robinson illustration

Appalachia’s ginseng goldmine may not last much longer

By Emily Cataneo/Undark

Asian giant hornet

Murder hornets are officially here, but don’t freak out yet

By Sara Kiley Watson

Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor birding with her mother in China

Birds are dinosaurs, and this fossil detective has rooms full of bones to prove it

By Science Friday

Russia just approved a COVID vaccine—but that’s not necessarily good news

By Claire Maldarelli

TikTok Will Smith

Go ahead and use TikTok all you want

The blast at the Port of Beirut from August 4 seen on a rendered satellite map.

Why the Beirut blast created a mushroom cloud

Japanese anime remembers the atom bomb, decades after Hiroshima

By Frank Fuller/The Conversation

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, destroyed homes and lives.

Ask Us Anything

Earthquakes can cause serious psychological aftershocks

China’s ambiguous missile strategy is risky

By P.W. Singer and Ma Xiu

track and field competition

Will it be safe to hold the Olympics in 2021?

By Kate Baggaley

BeiDou-3 satellite system China GPS

China’s version of GPS is almost complete. Here’s what that means.

By P.W. Singer and Taylor A. Lee

A body thermometer

Europe is the new epicenter of coronavirus, and the US may be next

By Rachel Feltman

looking through telescopes skyward from a rooftop of one of the buildings of al-Aqsa University in Gaza City

A Palestinian brings stargazing to his homeland, and finds wonder alongside heartbreak

By Sarah Sax/Undark

China’s missile force is growing at an unprecedented rate

By P.W. Singer and Ma Xiu

Mongolian woman milking an animal

The answer to lactose intolerance might be in Mongolia

By Andrew Curry

A view over a plaza in Wuhan, China

The prejudice stemming from the coronavirus outbreak isn’t new

By Marisa Peryer/Undark

China WeChat Weibo

How China has shaped information about the Wuhan coronavirus online

A young asian woman stands in an airport holding a passport

The U.S. is barring foreign nationals who’ve traveled to China, due to Wuhan virus. Experts disagree.

By Rachel Feltman

baskets of fish at an outdoor market

We’re still not sure where the novel coronavirus really came from

a woman wears a black face mask on the train in Taipei city in taiwan

The CDC just confirmed a second U.S. case of the Wuhan coronavirus

someone helps an older woman put on a face mask

The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare

a woman wears a black face mask on the train in Taipei city in taiwan

The Wuhan coronavirus has officially hit the US—but don’t panic

By Rachel Feltman

Lee Johnston (BMW Ashcourt Racing) hurtles a short distance from the dreaded Armco barriers, with the city in the background.

The world’s most thrilling motorcycle race, in photos

By Marta Covioli/Motorcyclist

Condor Aviation’s Director of Engineering Dean Speight

A one-of-a-kind electric racing plane just debuted in Dubai

By Dan Pimentel

How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon

How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon

This 25-foot-long dino discovery suggests raptors roamed farther than we realized

This 25-foot-long dino discovery suggests raptors roamed farther than we realized

By Sara Kiley Watson

The next big space race is happening in Asia

The next big space race is happening in Asia

By Wendy Whitman Cobb/The Conversation

Stop saving your umbrella for a rainy day

Stop saving your umbrella for a rainy day

By Jonathan Coopersmith/The Conversation

Naturalistic design is thriving as actual nature dies

Naturalistic design is thriving as actual nature dies

By Eleanor Cummins

These bowls suggest humans were already smoking weed by 420 BC

These bowls suggest humans were already smoking weed by 420 BC

By Alex Schwartz

Humans fueled last summer’s deadly heat

Humans fueled last summer’s deadly heat

By Marlene Cimons

Pretty soon we’ll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions

Pretty soon we’ll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions

These Chinese fossil deposits shed light on an explosive period in evolution

These Chinese fossil deposits shed light on an explosive period in evolution

By Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams/The Conversation

China just accomplished the first landing on the far side of the moon

China just accomplished the first landing on the far side of the moon

By Neel V. Patel

Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web

Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web

By P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking

The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat

The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat

By Shane Keating and Darryn Waugh/The Conversation

lungworm angiostrongylus cantonensis

Two people got rat lungworm from eating raw centipedes. Could you be next?

By Sara Chodosh

China Type 055 Destroyer

China launched two more massive Type 055 warships

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Quantum Radar China

China’s latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China ZKZM 500 Laser Rifle Weapon

China’s destructive laser rifle has a half-mile range

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Long March Rocket Reusable

Private Space Flight

Here’s China’s plan to compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Tengyun China Hypersonic Spaceplane

China’s opening a factory to build engines for hypersonic missiles and spaceplanes

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

And now, a ship that can mine 39,000 tons of ore from a mile under water

And now, a ship that can mine 39,000 tons of ore from a mile under water

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

H-20 Stealth Bomber H-X China

China has big plans for a modern bomber

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers

China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China rainmaking weather control

China is using furnaces to manufacture 10 billion tons of rain

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

How to avoid sharing fake photos of the space station that just crashed into Earth

By Rachel Feltman

China hypersonic I plane biplane Cui Kai

China’s hypersonic aircraft would fly from Beijing to New York in two hours

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China shot down another missile in space

China shot down another missile in space

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Ehang 184 China Passenger Drone

This people-moving drone has completed more than 1,000 test flights

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China’s working on the next generation of military exoskeleton. Here’s what it can do.

China’s working on the next generation of military exoskeleton. Here’s what it can do.

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer