Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

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By Dannagal G Young It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second inaugural address.

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Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

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Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

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A nerdy love of science fiction, a yearning for adventure, a passion for science and a foundation of Jesuit education all helped in some way to lead a man from Detroit, Michigan, to become a master of ...

Physicists have long tried to model the chaotic phenomenon of turbulence. Now, a team has pioneered a new quantum ...

As conservatives try to change how history is taught in our schools, here are some Black history facts you should know.