Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less than before.

In 1957, Vancouver took a decisive turn in its urban development when city council lifted the eight-story height limit in the ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to ...

At the Bedretto Underground Laboratory deep in the Swiss Alps, scientists are inducing tiny earthquakes along a natural fault zone in the hopes of understanding what can trigger—and prevent—a deadly ...

The tremors were felt in Fars province. Many residents rushed out of their homes, and some shared videos on social media.

In seismic parlance, a magnitude-5 quake just about qualifies as strong. Experts said the tremors felt so powerful because ...

Low- and mid-rise buildings in Metro Manila are the most vulnerable to collapse if the long-feared “Big One” strikes, with simulation estimates showing ...

Scientists have found evidence that corresponds to the Bible verse saying 'the earth shook' after Jesus cried out on the cross.

A series of tremors shook Kerikeri this week.

A magnitude 2.2 quake struck near Yacht Cove Tuesday, days after a stronger 3.0 rattled parts of Lexington and Richland ...

During his 17-year tenure as dean, Lee established the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as a world-class research ...

The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...