In a stunning twist that rewrites the narrative of fossil preservation, a fragment of amber once thought to hold a plant was revealed to contain the feathered tail of a young dinosaur, dating back 99 million years. As detailed in a 2016 peer-reviewed study published in Current Biology, this remarkable find marks the first-ever discovery of non-avian dinosaur material preserved …
Read More »A Mega-Quake Shocked Myanmar. Could California Be Next? SciTechDaily Earth split captured on camera for the first time: Why it is a breakthrough for earthquake science Times of India San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests Live Science Hollywood loves quake disaster flicks, but do we know what the real ‘Big One’ will …
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Faults like San Andreas don’t necessarily repeat past behavior, which means the next big earthquake in California has the potential to be larger than any seen before, a new study suggests. The fresh insights into fault behavior came from studying Myanmar’s devastating March earthquake, which killed more than 5,000 people and caused widespread destruction. Scientists found that the fault responsible, …
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In May, we reported on a first-of-its-kind video that captured surface rupture during Myanmar’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. While the YouTube video now has 1.6 million views, two geophysicists spotted something many people probably didn’t notice. The video seems like a gift that just keeps on giving. As the Kyoto University scientists explain in a study published last month in …
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From CCTV and smartphones to dashcams and smart doorbells, cameras follow your every step in the 21st century. While the constant threat of ever-watching eyes may be turning us into a self-conscious surveillance society, it does make for some interesting science occasionally. Case in point: a security camera in Myanmar captured something never before seen on film: a strike-slip fault …
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