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Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 4:00 pm The results of a seismic mapping project on the bed of Lake Wānaka have provided further evidence of a likely active fault identified in 2019. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) commissioned NIWA to undertake the mapping in late 2019, after a desk-based review by GNS Science, also commissioned by ORC, identified the likely fault earlier that year. The NW Cardrona fault was previously thought to have run northeast from the Cardrona Valley, through Albert Town t...

Its all in the colors.

Scientists dated the painting with the help of ancient wasp nests.

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published February 22, 2021 2:47pm State weather agency PAGASA lifted Monday the prevailing storm signal as it downgraded Auring, now headed for the eastern coast of Albay, into a low pressure area (LPA). In its 2 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA lifted the Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over nine areas but said the northeast monsoon or Amihan will continue to bring a strong breeze to Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Aurora, and Quezon. The weather bureau said Auring wea...

Biliran According to PAGASA, moderate to heavy rains are expected over Northern Samar, Bicol Region, Marinduque, Romblon, and Quezon. Light to moderate with at times heavy rains will be experienced over Western Visayas, Aurora, Rizal, Samar, northern portion of Eastern Samar and the rest of MIMAROPA. PAGASA warned of possible isolated to scattered flooding, including flash floods, and rain-induced landslides during heavy or prolonged rainfall in areas that are prone to these hazards or have...

Okoppe Mayor Kazutoshi Hazama, second from left, Osaka University professor Kei Okubo, third from left, and others sign an agreement in Sapporo’s Chuo Ward on Feb. 9 to set up a test plant in Okoppe, Hokkaido. (Junichiro Nagasaki) SAPPORO--The feces and urine of thousands of Hokkaido dairy cows may soon power facilities prefecture-wide with a world-first technology invented in Japan that converts them into environmentally friendly liquid biofuel. Kei Okubo, an organic photochemistry professor...

The latest version of Elon Musks Mars rocket is on the launch pad in Texas.

The mold thats hard to get out of your house could follow humans to the red planet.

The sound of a brief wind gust has never been so dramatic.

Germany's BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer on Friday said tests have shown that their coronavirus vaccine can stand warmer temperatures than initially thought, potentially simplifying the jab's complex cold-chain logistics.