In 2010, a massive, magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck the south central coast of Chile, rupturing beaches and launching a tsunami that rode inland with devastating effect. In an instant, whole sections of the coastline were transformed, with large swaths of sand and rock lifted from beneath the waves.
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Feed SubscriptionFirst results from Daya Bay find new kind of neutrino transformation
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, a multinational collaboration operating in the south of China, today reported the first results of its search for the last, most elusive piece of a long-standing puzzle: how is it that neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel? The surprising answer opens a gateway to a new understanding of fundamental physics and may eventually solve the riddle of why there is far more ordinary matter than antimatter in the universe today.
Read More »A global guide to high-end vacation villas
Renting a house on Lake Como or in the south of France provides a whole different perspective, and a feeling of belonging, instead of just passing through.
Read More »Wind blows south-to-north at quake-hit Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - The wind at a nuclear plant inJapan that is leaking radiation is blowing from the south, which [More]
Read More »Gene Study Challenges Human Origins in Eastern Africa
By Matt Kaplan A genetic analysis of modern hunter-gatherer populations in Africa suggests that humans evolved in the south of the continent, rather than the east, as has been thought. [More]
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