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Japan sits on four tectonic plates and experiences about 1,500 earthquakes each year, but its cities rarely collapse. Here’s Why It’s Unbelievable |

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Japan sits on four tectonic plates and experiences about 1,500 earthquakes each year, but its cities rarely collapse. Here’s Why It’s Unbelievable |

Japan experiences about 1,500 powerful earthquakes every year, a shocking number that would seem catastrophic to most countries. However, despite Japanese cities being located in one of the most seismically active regions on Earth, widespread building collapses are rare after major earthquakes. The contrast has become even more striking with recent earthquakes in other parts … Read more

Cow Compass: How cows secretly tap into Earth’s magnetic field while grazing |

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Cow Compass: How cows secretly tap into Earth’s magnetic field while grazing |

A quiet venue may look ordinary until you notice the patterns within it. Many cattle and deer appear to be resting or grazing with their bodies aligned roughly north-south. This strange detail first attracted serious attention from the scientific community in 2008, when Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda and colleagues reported that cattle and deer in … Read more

NASA scientists warn that there is no way to prevent 15,000 city-destroying asteroids from hitting the Earth

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NASA scientists warn that there is no way to prevent 15,000 city-destroying asteroids from hitting the Earth

NASA warns: Thousands of city-destroying asteroids untracked, planet fragile In a stark and widely reported warning, NASAPlanetary defense chiefs have revealed that Earth currently has no reliable way to prevent thousands of “city-destroying” asteroids that could one day strike our planet, sparking urgent concerns in the scientific community and beyond. These insights come from remarks … Read more