Landslides close all northbound I-5 lanes south of Bellingham

WSDOT said two slides struck northbound I-5 near mileposts 248 and 249. One of the slides is fully blocking the highway.

‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth

The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.
Scientific American

When did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest clues

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Sanae-nomics launches two bullets for fiscal shift and growth

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who achieved a historic landslide victory in Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower house ...

Sticker Shock: I-5 bridge replacement, corridor project cost soars by billions of dollars

There's a new price tag on the fixed-span Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, which will replace the existing ...
City University of New York

Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG)

The 2025 Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) for Convergent Innovation is designed to contribute to CUNY’s goal of amplifying the quantity and quality of engaged public impact research and ...
Reuters

Landslide in Indonesia's Morowali nickel hub kills one, halts operations

JAKARTA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A landslide has hit a mine waste zone at a nickel processing hub managed by PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) on the island of Sulawesi, IMIP's spokesperson Dedy ...
WPXI

Broken water line causes landslide, damaging property in Westmoreland County

JoAnn and Samuel Black said they were watching a crew fix their water line on Keystone Street when their yard slid down the hill. “Down there looking up, it’s horrible. Truckloads! All our dirt is ...
Mongabay

Landslides claim more than 220 lives in DRC’s Rubaya coltan mining site

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 200 people have died in landslides at an artisanal coltan mine in Rubaya, in the east of the country. The accident occurred as a result of successive ...
Wall Street Journal

Takaichi Rolls to a Landslide Victory in Japan

Who says every political leader in the free world is unpopular? Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defied that stereotype on Sunday by leading her Liberal Democratic Party to a sweeping victory in ...
CNN

Japan’s Takaichi secures historic supermajority in landslide election victory

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in ...
PBS

Tropical storm leaves 8 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines after flooding and landslide

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm set off flooding and a landslide in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead, displacing more than 28,000 and trapping residents ...