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  • Deep-sea volcanoes could also explode

    Between 75 and 80% of all volcanic activity on Earth takes place at deep-sea, mid-ocean ridges. Most of these volcanoes produce effusive lava flows rather than explosive eruptions, both because the levels of magmatic gas (which fuel the explosions and are made up of…

  • Merkel calls for nuclear power changes

    BRUSSELS (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday nuclear energy policy across the European Union has to fundamentally change to take the fallout of Japan’s nuclear accident into account.Merkel has already ordered the temporary closure of seven of Germany’s

  • Germany set to abandon nuclear power for good

    Germany stands alone among the world’s leading industrialized nations in its determination to abandon nuclear energy for good because of the technology’s inherent risks.Europe’s biggest economy is betting billions on expanding the use of renewable energy to meet its

  • The Mayan Calendars and the Nine+Nine-day Count

    Often we talk about the Mayan calendar as if it was something fixed and eternal that has stayed the same throughout the ages. Such a view is far from the truth since the calendars that the Mayan people have been using have undergone change depending on their own

  • Tsunami warning issued for at least 20 countries after quake

    The threat of a tsunami prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a warning for at least 20 countries and numerous Pacific islands after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan Friday.The wide-ranging list includes Russia and Indonesia, Central American