Category: Disasters

NOVA | Himalayan Megaquake Preview

Posted on: January 14, 2016

The 2015 quake that rocked Nepal was the biggest in 90 years–can we forecast the next one?

Posted on: October 21, 2015

Sea levels will rise by the same amount all over the world, right? Wrong. Here’s why.

Posted on: October 15, 2015

As internet connections multiply so do points of attack and risks to national security.

Posted on: October 8, 2015

As internet connections multiply so do points of attack and risks to national security.

Posted on: October 1, 2015

A team attempts to build the flood boat using inscriptions from an ancient clay tablet.

Posted on: September 30, 2015

Scientists scour a marsh in the Middle East for signs of periodic Mesopotamian flooding.

Posted on: August 25, 2015

An astonishing find could solve the mystery of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.

Posted on: July 30, 2015

Go inside the Fukushima power plants for the minute-by-minute story of what went wrong.

Posted on: July 28, 2015

When an unimaginably colossal tsunami hits Fukushima, the results are catastrophic.

Posted on: June 10, 2015

Go inside the Fukushima power plants for the minute-by-minute story of what went wrong.

Gross Science | The Strangest Plant Ever? April 4, 2017
The plant Hydra africana is a parasite that smells foul. And that's just the beginning.
Gross Science | What Your Earwax Says About You March 1, 2017
Your earwax can reveal a ton about who you are, where youve been, and how stinky you are.
Gross Science | The Wood Wide Web February 2, 2017
Plants use an Internet made of fungus.
Gross Science | Sea Cucumber Butts January 18, 2017
Meet the most versatile butts in the animal kingdom
Gross Science | Can Bird Poop Make Clouds? January 4, 2017
Bird poop could help clouds form, keeping our planet a little bit cooler.
Gross Science | The Secret Lives of Reindeer December 21, 2016
Meet the real Rudolph, from bloody antlers to super vision.
Gross Science | Power From Fish Scales? November 30, 2016
What should you do with stinky old fish skins? How about powering your cellphone?
Gross Science | Defensive Vomiting November 15, 2016
If you're attacked you could run away, fight back... or you could barf.
Gross Science | What Does an Ant Sound Like? October 24, 2016
Ant language sounds wackyand can be hacked.
Gross Science | The Chemistry of Skunk Spray October 11, 2016
How do you get rid of skunk odor? Don't use tomato juice... use chemistry!

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