Linking climate variability to shoreline change in the Pacific Northwest
Sandy beaches worldwide are constantly shifting, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically. Now, new research focused on the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast finds that climate patterns such as El Niño and La Niña don’t just influence beaches seasonally—they shape their year-to-year evolution in measurable and predictable ways.
Read MoreThe South Carolina Measles Outbreak Is Slowing Down
The biggest US measles outbreak in decades may be over sooner than expected.
Read MorePhoto & Video Chronology — March 10 & 11, 2026 — Kīlauea episode 43 eruption and fallout
Over its 9‑hour duration, episode 43 generated significant tephra fall across Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and nearby communities. The eruption prompted elevated alert levels, road closures and ash fall warnings as winds carried ash, Pele’s hair, and tephra to Puna, Hilo, and the Hamakua coast.
Read MoreBlack hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.
Read MoreWatch Northrop Grumman’s 1st ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft leave the space station on March 12
Northrop Grumman’s first “Cygnus XL” cargo ship will depart the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and you can watch the action live.
Read MoreAI auto-complete may subtly shape views on social issues
People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.
Read MoreOne possible recipe for life on Titan is a bust
An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.
Read More‘In the old days, we were staring at a f ***ing green screen with tape marks on it’: We talk to ‘Star Trek’ legend Jonathan Frakes about directing ‘Starfleet Academy’ season 1’s penultimate episode
‘The scope of ”Starfleet Academy’ in terms of design, art direction, visual effects, practical effects, and graphics is massive.’
Read MoreThe Amazon molly — a sex-skipping fish — hacks evolution
The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.
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