Inside One of the Deadliest Earthquakes Ever—and the Construction Scandal That Made It a Catastrophe

This is how a lack of building code adherence may have caused thousands of deaths.

Cost concerns delay safer building codes despite Himalayan threats

Withdrawal of India's new earthquake map raises concerns about overestimated seismic risks and impacts on infrastructure in the Himalayas.

Family’s logging plan for Sonoma County forestland riles coastal community, environmentalists

A plan to log across much of the 1,099-acre private forest near the outlet of the Russian River has raised concerns about impacts on drinking water and imperiled salmon runs.
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Alex Spitz on the care gap, the power of community, and finding joy in new motherhood

When Alex Spitz became a mom 15 years ago, she was blindsided. She’d imagined her newborn son would be her little ...

Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a ...