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Earthquakes can apparently turn around and hit an area with a second pass – an event known as a ‘boomerang earthquake’ – in rare circumstances. Scientists recently found evidence of the “boomerang earthquake” in a new study, marking an event that occurred in 2016 in the Atlantic Ocean. The earthquake …

There was anger when the players of FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their Major League Soccer match on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the anger at Toyota Stadium when players and officials nodded …

An Australian surfer has told how he escaped the jaws of a 16ft large white shark by shaking his surfboard in his mouth and stabbing him in the face. Phil Mummert, 28, was surfing at Bunker Bay – 150 miles from Perth – when he was struck off his board …

The world could be training for an ‘information disaster’, as the pace of digital bit production continues to accelerate without signs of stopping, new research suggests. In a new study – one stuck in the more abstract aspects of theoretical physics, it must be said – researcher Melvin Vopson of …

Story links NEW YORK – Due to the unusual and lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BIG EAST conference and its member institutions have announced that fall sports competition will not be held in 2020. The conference will consider alternative options for fall sports for fall sports in the …