Lying atop a network of fault lines, where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, Afghanistan is prone to earthquakes. However, the Herat area has not seen an event for almost 1000 years. As such, it was the least likely area to experience the series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks which are reported to have killed thousands this week. Afgh ... Show More
Jun 19
Half a universe once lost now found
The universe is thought to consist of 70% Dark Energy, 25% Dark Matter, and just 5% Baryonic matter which is the atoms that make up you and me. At least, that’s what the models suggest. But a well-kept secret between astronomers and cosmologists for all these years has been that ... Show More
41m 41s
Feb 2023
ChatGPT And The Future Of AI, Turkey Earthquakes. February 10, 2023, Part 1
How Scientists Predict Where Earthquakes Will Strike Next
The pair of earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria this week left the region grappling with death and destruction. Despite the region being seismically active, this particular area hadn’t seen an earthquake of this size for ... Show More
46m 11s
Apr 22
Quel est le plus gros séisme dans l'histoire de la France ?
Le plus gros séisme jamais enregistré en France métropolitaine a eu lieu le 11 juin 1909, près de la ville de Lambesc, dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône, en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Ce tremblement de terre, connu sous le nom de séisme de Lambesc, est le plus puis ... Show More
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Feb 2025
Un astéroïde va-t-il s'écraser sur Terre en 2032 ?
En décembre 2024, la NASA a découvert un astéroïde nommé 2024 YR4, mesurant entre 40 et 100 mètres de diamètre. Les analyses initiales indiquent une probabilité d'impact avec la Terre le 22 décembre 2032, estimée à environ 1,2 %, soit une chance sur 83. Cette probabilité, bien qu ... Show More
1m 43s
May 2024
The Economics of Disasters
The Wuhan Coronavirus, the active impeachment of a sitting US president, an earthquake and volcanic eruption in the Philippines, floods in Indonesia, the death of Kobe Bryant, magnitude 7.7 earthquakes in the Caribbean and even my homeland down under has been on fire and then bur ... Show More
13m 42s
Feb 2025
Uncharted: The golden spike
At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst sparks a global quest to find a ‘golden spike’ - the boundary marking the shift into a new geological period dominated by humans, not volcanoes or asteroids. From plastics and concrete to nuclear fallout, the data they uncover r ... Show More
26m 29s