Katie Wilson didn't look like a mad scientist, but she asked her students, “Have you guys ever made a volcano before?” ...

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A volcanic eruption has killed three hikers "driven by the desire to create online content" after they defied safety warnings and attempted an ascent. Two Singaporean men and an Indonesian woman died ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Kase Wickman All you need to practice one of the oldest art forms in the world ...

The last eruption of Greece’s Methana volcano was around 250 B.C.E. Ever since that event, which was recorded by the Greek historian Strabo, the mountain has lurked silently, just across the Saronic ...

Miles Wu folded a variant of the Miura-ori pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight Ramsha Waseem | Innovation Correspondent Wu’s innovation won the top prize of $25,000 at the 2025 Thermo ...

An active underwater volcano off the Oregon Coast that was predicted to erupt in 2025 is now expected to erupt mid-to-late 2026. The Axial Seamount volcano is located nearly a mile beneath the sea, ...

A long-quiet volcano in Ethiopia spewed ash nine miles into the sky on Sunday, marking the first known major eruption from this volcano for more than 12,000 years. Under-studied and situated in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Taftan, a 13,000-foot-tall stratovolcano in southeastern Iran, is showing signs of life with a rapid uplifting of ground near the summit over the ...

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred. New research published Oct. 7 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that an area of ground near ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...