Policing: The aftershocks of crime
An idea borrowed from seismology may help to predict criminal activity(29)
Inside story: Hot rocks and high hopes
Geothermal power: Deriving energy from subterranean heat is no longer limited to volcanic regions. By drilling deep wells into the ground, it can be made to work almost anywhere. Just watch out for the earthquakes(15)
Greenview: Greenview: The unsolid Earth
The environment is fluid, rather than static, at all sorts of scales—as a new theory about the earth’s core attests(36)
Iran's earthquake worries: Reluctant evacuees
Ill-prepared for acts of Gods(8)
Mercury in fish: Hold the sushi
A pollution trail from the streams to the ocean(15)
Getting earlier warnings before earthquakes strike(15)
A new way to find trapped miners(4)
Antarctic science: Snow place like home
America's new research station at the South Pole is officially opened(0)
Planetary science: Barren land
Why Venus is lifeless(0)
Astrophysics: Hitch-hiking to the moon
Plans to salvage some science from America's lunar return(0)
Space weather: Look down, look up, look out!
The weather in space is controlled by events at the centre of the Earth. A pity, then, that the magnetic field generated there may be about to go into reverse(0)
Predicting earthquakes: Granite batteries
Earthquakes may cause electrical surges—which might help predict them(0)
Planetary science: Worlds apart
European researchers have launched a probe to explore Venus(0)
Earthquake science: Preparing for the unknowable
Why the Kashmir earthquake happened and what might be done(0)
Tragedy on one of the world’s main fault lines
International aid in the form of everything from doctors to helicopters is pouring into South Asia following its devastating earthquake. But anger has grown among residents of Pakistani Kashmir at the slowness of their government’s response(0)
Better earthquake forecasting is possible. But not prediction(0)
Volcanoes: Winters of discontent
Volcanic activity seems to follow the seasons(0)
Face value: Of monkeys and penguins
Darl McBride, capitalist crusader against the commie horde of Linux users(0)
Face value: Of monkeys and penguins
Darl McBride, capitalist crusader against the commie horde of Linux users(0)
Volcanoes: All hot and bothered
Scientists may one day be able to predict volcanic eruptions(0)
Understanding of the earth's nearest star is advancing rapidly(0)
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