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The fate of America's largest supply of helium is up in the air
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoFor more than a year, the fate of the Federal Helium Reserve, one of the world’s largest and most...
Mauna Loa alert level lowered as scientists say 'eruption may end soon'
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOfficials downgraded the alert level for Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano from a warning to a watch...
China Created the Most Detailed Map of the Moon Ever
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of Chinese scientists spent 10 years making the most detailed and up to date map of the Moon. It shows the geology of the Moon’s surface,...
Scientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island from a warning...
Austin just had its rainiest day of the year. Here's a list of more impressive stats
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOh, what a relief it was to hear the chorus of raindrop plunks Monday afternoon as heavy rain soaked...
Could Myrtle Beach be hit by an earthquake? Dozens have rumbled through SC this year
Myrtle Beach Sun News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA dozen earthquakes have rumbled underneath South Carolina so far this year — but Horry County...
Fact Check: This 1950s 'Atomic Energy Lab' Kit for Kids Purportedly Used Real Radioactive Materials
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScreengrab/Reddit Claim: A genuine “Atomic Energy Lab” was sold for kids in the 1950s that contained...
Charlotte-area districts cancel after-school activities because of Idalia flood threat
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Union County and Cabarrus County school districts have canceled...
Can animals really predict earthquakes? Evidence is shaky, scientists say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEditor's note: A version of this story originally ran in 2018 Should you worry about an earthquake if you see Fluffy or Fido acting strangely? For thousands of years, people have claimed that ...
Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes off Tonga; no tsunami threat to Hawaii
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 1 year agoJun. 15—A major earthquake struck southwest of Tonga but does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The preliminary magnitude 7.2 quake struck at 8:06 a.m., 181 miles southwest of Nuku'alofa, ...