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Scientists cannot predict exactly when and where the next earthquake will strike. But a decade-long experiment suggests some forecasting models can reliably predict patterns in earthquake activity, offering new evidence that could help agencies better communicate seismic risks. Researchers evaluated 27 earthquake forecasting models using more than 51,000 forecasts generated between 2007 and 2018. They compared the forecasts with 597 earthquakes recorded in California, testing whether the models accurately described the number, locations and magnitudes of seismic events that occurred after each forecast was issued. The findings come from a decade-long experiment in California that tested 27 earthquake forecasting models against nearly 600 recorded earthquakes. The study, published in Nature Communications in August and highlighted in the university's Oct. 15 news release, could help scientists improve systems used to communicate changing earthquake risks. The study does not offer a way to predict the next major earthquake.

HOUSTON—The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is urging NASA to conduct crewed exploration of four non-polar regions of the Moon that NASEM says have cross-disciplinary scientific value. The recommendation comes as NASA is focused on creating a Moon Base at the lunar south... Mark CarreauMark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

As part of US welfare reforms in the 1990s to provide adequate financial support to low-income families while avoiding disincentivizing work, policymakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This change encouraged people to work more by giving greater benefits with greater earned income, and single mothers faced stronger incentives to enter the workforce than married mothers. An analysis in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that the EITC expansion may have had unintended negative effects on the development of single mothers' children. Based on mother–child survey data from 1990–1996, the study found that following the EITC expansion, children of single mothers experienced a decline of 0.14 standard deviations in combined math and reading test scores relative to children of married mothers, as well as a decline of 0.68 standard deviations in early motor and social development among young children, although this latter estimate is based on a smaller sample and should be interpreted with caution.

Snow–Tanner hybrid crab collected during the 2026 eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey. Credit: Jon Richar Marine heat waves are usually seen as destructive events that can disrupt entire ocean ecosystems and trigger massive environmental damage. In 2018 and 2019, an extreme heat wave hit the Bering Sea, causing spring sea ice levels to plummet.