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Nearly three miles beneath the eastern Pacific, researchers found pockets of super-salty water trapped in the crust along the Gofar transform fault, one of the planet’s most active undersea plate boundaries. The find promises fresh insight into why this fault delivers magnitude‑6 earthquakes with clock‑like discipline. The survey, led by Christine Chesley of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), used controlled‑source …

Scientists have warned that this summer could include some of the shortest days of your entire life. On July 22 and August 5, experts predict the day will be 1.38 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than average, respectively.  This is because the planet’s rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, shaving a millisecond or so off the length of a …