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Maya Wei-Haas

Earth has lost and gained many oceans. Here's where a new one might appear next.

9 June 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

An earthquake lasted 32 years, and scientists want to know how

1 June 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

The Himalaya ‘breathes,’ with mountains growing and shrinking in cycles

13 May 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Rare chunks of Earth’s mantle found exposed in Maryland

28 April 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Human screams can convey at least six emotions

21 April 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

3 Years on Mars! Curiosity Rover's Amazing Journey in Pictures

19 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Earth’s mountains may have mysteriously stopped growing for a billion years

12 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

The coronavirus is mutating—but what determines how quickly?

5 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Why some coronavirus variants are more contagious—and how we can stop them

28 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

We need better face masks—and origami might help

21 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

This 45,500-year-old pig painting is the world’s oldest animal art

15 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Why new coronavirus variants 'suddenly arose' in the U.K. and South Africa

24 December 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

10 science discoveries you may have missed in 2020

14 December 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano

7 December 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

One of Jupiter's icy moons may glow in the dark

11 November 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Prehistoric female hunter discovery upends gender role assumptions

5 November 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Greece and Turkey earthquake driven by wild tectonics of the Aegean Sea

2 November 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Earthquakes

Water on moon’s surface may be more abundant than once thought

27 October 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Environment and Conservation

Surprising leap in ancient human technology tied to environmental upheaval

22 October 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas

Incredible details of 10,000-year-old trek revealed in fossil footprints

15 October 2020. By Maya Wei-Haas