Lagos, Ibadan, two others under threat’ The Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NISE) has alerted the citizens to the country’s vulnerability to earthquake da ...

Butterfly wings were the inspiration behind this new, lightweight lattice structure that doesn’t compromise on sturdiness.

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

Growing up in California, “The Big One” was less of a theoretical occurrence and more of a “shall-not-be-named.” It settled into rituals, whether hiding under a table for earthquake drills in ...

Described as Japan's first two-story 3D-printed home, the O House is inspired by the geometry of natural caves. Built to meet the country's strict seismic requirements, it combines cutting-edge ...

A devastating earthquake exposed how unprepared modern cities really were. Most of the deaths weren’t caused by the shaking itself, but by buildings collapsing on the people inside them. In response, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

UNDATED (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Scientists have created a new material that's stronger than steel. An American company, InventWood, has introduced a groundbreaking material called "Superwood," ...

Q: I live where earthquakes are a worry. What can I do to keep things in my house from breaking? A: Earthquakes can and do occur in every U.S. state, although the greatest risk is along the West Coast ...