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Earthquake detection and early alerts, now on your Android phone

How to get Android earthquake alerts: Google ShakeAlert, MyShake, and more

Android users in California received earthquake alerts earlier than iOS users. These are the apps that detected the quakes, and how you can use them.
Mobile
Cristina Alexander
NASA asteroid

Bad news: Neutralizing doomsday asteroids is way harder than we thought

Space
Georgina Torbet
Space
Georgina Torbet
best survival gear

The best survival gear

Outdoors
Rachel Cavanaugh
Outdoors
Rachel Cavanaugh
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Scientists use a supercomputer to simulate one of history’s biggest quakes

Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
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A modern-day Noah’s Ark? The Tsunamiball may help people survive natural disasters

Outdoors
Rick Stella
Outdoors
Rick Stella
fema mobile app update

FEMA’s newly updated app helps you keep first responders in the loop

Mobile
Kyle Wiggers
Mobile
Kyle Wiggers
alberta canada wildfire canadian man watches house burn via home camera fortmcmurray1

Smart home camera gives Canadian man front-row seat to fiery demise of his house

Smart Home
Rick Stella
Smart Home
Rick Stella
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#Sandy: Twitter activity could be more accurate than government data for mapping hurricane damage

Social Media
Albert Khoury
Social Media
Albert Khoury
Mother nature videos

Vicious circle (of life): 10 nature videos that will make you glad to be human

Photography
Brendan Hesse
Photography
Brendan Hesse
Disaster preparedness kit

It’s a disaster! Are you prepared?

Smart Home
Jenny McGrath
Smart Home
Jenny McGrath
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Fomm Concept One floating electric car takes the shock out of flooded roads

Cars
Stephen Edelstein
Cars
Stephen Edelstein
googles public alerts service launches in japan

Google’s Public Alerts service launches in Japan, offers up-to-date information during natural disasters

Web
Trevor Mogg
Web
Trevor Mogg

Japan faces nuclear meltdowns following last week’s tsunami

Adam Rosenberg