Here’s the scenario: The government has confirmed NASA astronomers detected a never-before-seen asteroid speeding in the direction of Earth—and although it will take 14 years to arrive, there is a 72-percent chance it will directly strike the planet on July 12, 2038. With what little information is known, observers believe its diameter could be anywhere […]
A team of miniature drones recently entered the radioactive ruins of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors in an attempt to help Japanese officials continue planning their decades’ long cleanup effort. But if the images released earlier this week didn’t fully underscore just how much work is still needed, new footage from the tiny robots’ excursion […]
Damaged ancient papyrus scrolls dating back to the 1st century CE are finally being deciphered by the Vesuvius Challenge contest winners using computer vision and AI machine learning programs. The scrolls were carbonized during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE and have been all-but-inaccessible using normal restoration methods, as they have been […]
From the war in Palestine and Israel to famine in Niger, humanitarian aid can provide life-saving support when organized quickly.
More than a decade after a tsunami struck Indonesia, the catastrophe continues to have health consequences for survivors.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE is one of the most dramatic natural disasters in recorded history, yet so many of the actual records from that moment in time are inaccessible. Papyrus scrolls located in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum, for example, were almost instantly scorched by the volcanic blast, then promptly buried under […]
Don’t be surprised when you get an emergency warning on October 4 around 2:20 PM EST from FEMA and the FCC.
Wildfire smoke can have harmful, even deadly, health effects on animals. But we still don’t know the full range of damage.
Excerpt from The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir by Elio Morillo. Published by HarperOne. Copyright © 2022 HarperCollins. On September 20, 2017, Category 5 Hurricane María hit my beloved Puerto Rico, hovering over the island for the next 48 hours, uprooting trees, causing power and phone outages, and inflicting catastrophic devastation throughout the […]
There’s a high chance that El Niño will return in summer 2023, bringing extreme temperatures, floods, and heat waves around the world.
