Most Californians know that sinking feeling. The ground shakes, jolting you to attention. For a split second, your mind considers the possibilities: A truck driving by? Someone dropping a heavy object ...

A screenshot of a Wireless Emergency Alert — similar to an Amber Alert — warning of incoming shaking. (Robert de Groot / U.S. Geological Survey) Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor marked another success ...

As climate impacts grow stronger around the world, countries that can anticipate multiple hazards and warn their communities ...

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon, or ...

Science funding is rarely a bad thing, and when it goes towards boosting our knowledge of the greatest threat to humanity, it has to be seen as a positive. So, the £81 million slated recently by the ...