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6.8 quake hits Japan’s Kyushu near Uto, shallow depth raises damage risk
UTO, July 28 — The story begins just after seven in the morning, universal time, when the ground…
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Moderate 5.8 quake shakes Mexico Pacific coast, no tsunami
PUERTO MADERO, Mexico — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 60 kilometers southwest of this Pacific coast town on…
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Shallow 5.4 quake shakes Iceland near Akureyri, no tsunami
AKUREYRI, Iceland, July 28 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 110 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland, at 05:36…
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Magnitude 5.7 quake hits near Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
UST’-KAMCHATSK STARYY, Russia, July 28 — The data pattern here tells a story that predates this morning’s shaking.…
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Shallow 5.8 quake jolts remote China near Oula Xiuma
OULA XIUMA, China, July 28 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook the ground 190 kilometres northwest of this…
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Moderate 5.8 earthquake shakes northwest China near Oula Xiuma
OULA XIUMA, July 28 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 191 km northwest of this Chinese settlement early…
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Ocean Deoxygenation: Science of Declining Dissolved Oxygen
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2026 — A 2025 study in the journal Science documented that the ocean’s oxygen-starved zones…
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Magnitude 5 quake hits 112 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena
GEORGETOWN, Saint Helena, July 27 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 112 kilometers east-northeast of Georgetown, Saint Helena,…
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Key Players Behind the 2025 Ocean Oxygen Warning Study
KIEL, July 27 — A sweeping new scientific assessment, built on data from institutions spanning four continents, warns…
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Global Impact: Projected Socioeconomic, Geopolitical Fallout
WASHINGTON, July 27 — A 2025 study projects that by 2050, tropical oceans such as the Western Pacific…
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Starship Heat Shield Issue Delays Mars Mission Timeline
HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 27 — SpaceX’s ambition to fly Starship to Mars hinges on a piece of technology…
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SpaceX and NASA Compete in Thermal Protection Research
HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 27, 2026 — On the test stands in McGregor, Texas, engineers fire up another sequence:…
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Spacecraft Heat Shields Evolve: Apollo to Shuttle to Starship
WASHINGTON, July 27 — The return of a spacecraft from orbit is one of the hardest problems in…
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Economic Impact of the War: Sanctions on Russia and Global Energy
BRUSSELS, July 27 — The tally of international sanctions on Russia has now passed 16,000 since 2022. On…
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Historical Record: How Ocean Oxygen Has Declined Since 1950
NEW YORK, July 27 — A major new synthesis of ocean monitoring data, published this year in Science…
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Moderate quake hits near Kinablangan, Philippines, no tsunami threat
DAVAO, Philippines, July 27 — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 23 kilometres east of Kinablangan, Philippines, at 23:06…
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Tile-Based Thermal Protection: Cost and Complexity Analyzed
HAWTHORNE, Calif. July 27, 2026 — For the engineers and accountants watching the Starship program, the numbers around…
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Global Study Warns Ocean Oxygen Loss Nears Irreversible Point
KIEL, July 27 — Against this backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and climate-driven instability, a comprehensive international study…
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SpaceX Starship Heat Shield Flaws Threaten Rapid Reusability
The Thermal Protection Bottleneck BOCA CHICA, Texas, July 27 — Starship, the fully reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle SpaceX…
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Data and Figures: The Measured Scale of Ocean Oxygen Loss
BEIJING, July 27 — Oxygen minimum zones now cover approximately 10 million square kilometres of the tropical Pacific…
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Shallow 5.2 quake jolts Tonga region, no tsunami threat
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga, July 27 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck south of Tonga early Monday morning at 08:44…
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Ocean Oxygen Loss Threatens Marine Industries Economically
ROME, July 27 — A 2025 study quantifies what fishermen and coastal economies have long suspected: continued oxygen…
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How It Works: The Physics and Engineering of Reusable Heat Shields
BOCA CHICA, Texas — The secret to the next generation of reusable rockets is, in plain terms, a…
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Starship’s Hexagonal Tiles Pose Reusability Challenges
HAWTHORNE, July 27 — SpaceX’s Starship is designed to fly three times a day, per vehicle. But right…
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