On Wednesday morning an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula—tied for the sixth largest ever recorded—triggered…
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Floods in Nigeria Leave 23 Dead and Thousands Homeless: Humanitarian Crisis in Adamawa State
Severe flash floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains have devastated Nigeria’s northeastern Adamawa state, resulting in…
Tick-Tock: Why the Planet is Racing Ahead—and We May Need to Cut a Second from the Clock for the First Time in History
For half a century, humanity has been adding leap seconds to keep atomic clocks in step…