Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) is NASA’s hub for an experiment to assess the potential of quantum computers to perform calculations that are difficult or impossible using conventional supercomputers. They welcome researchers at
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is extremely difficult competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. Seventeen teams from around the world will be
Impulsive solar flare measuring M3.5 erupted on December 19 at 23:19 UTC. The source of the event was centered around new active region in close proximity to AR 1931 located on eastern limb.
This region is not yet in position to cause Earth directed
In preliminary findings from a case series, published recently in open access Neuropsychological Rehabilitation journal, researchers Amee Baird and Séverine Samson report they have found that playing popular music can help severely brain-injured patients recall
ESA’s Gaia mission was launched on the morning of December 19th from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its exciting mission to create the most accurate map yet of the Milky Way.
By making accurate measurements of the positions and
New activity was observed at 2 volcanoes between December 11 and 17. During the same period, ongoing activity was observed at 9 volcanoes.
New activity/unrest: | Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Puyehue-Cordón Caulle,
Curtin University researchers have shown natural radioactivity within DNA can alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation.
The research, recently published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, for the first time
Shallow earthquake magnitude 6.2 struck 195 km east of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands, at 23:38 UTC on December 17. USGS measured depth at 16.1 km. EMSC reports M 6.3 earthquake at depth of 30 km.
Magnitude 4.9
Head of the ANAS Institute of Geology's – Mud Volcano Department – Adil Aliyev told APA today that they received information about a volcano that erupted in Baku, Shabran region of Azerbaijan. Employees of the Institute of Geology have been sent there and will…
Third tropical depression of the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season strengthened into tropical storm named Amara today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) expects that Tropical Cyclone Amara will continue to strengthen over the next 5 days reaching
