Blackburn designed a complex system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure hydrants, which saved the Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake.

A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck western Turkey, sending shockwaves through Balikesir province and causing buildings to collapse again in Sindirgi — a city already scarred by past ...

Years of mistrust between Nepalis and mainstream Indian media resurfaced as misinformation and sensational coverage fueled ...

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The Central Coast is a “beacon” for paranormal activity, deMoulpied says. Anywhere with Chumash history, or connection to the ...

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

It's been a heck of a year in academia. This podcast miniseries, in partnership with WNYC's On The Media, examines the moral calculus universities face in dealings with the Trump administration.

We want to make a space where people can scratch an itch about the weird stuff they’ve encountered, but our heart for this is ...

Today in History for Oct. 31: ...

The great landslide of 2017, the findings of Efthymios Lekkas and five other agencies highlighting the need for immediate ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake was recorded in the Beaus region on Monday morning, according to seismic data reviewed manually by ...