Scientists warn the planet is on the brink of a "tipping cascade" that could lead to the collapse of civilization ...

Quantum theory has long treated time as a silent backdrop, a parameter that never jitters even as particles flicker in and out of superposition. A new line of work now argues that this picture is ...

An engineer has designed a model to guide better design of thin-walled structures, like planes, cars and submersibles, to avoid catastrophe like sudden collapse due to buckling. A University of ...

As the climate crisis accelerates, it's hard not to wonder if today's societies can adapt. Growing worries over climate change have sparked interest in the collapse of ancient civilizations and the ...

New evidence from a spaceborne-monitoring team indicates that the Ukrainian Kakhovka Dam, which collapsed early into the Russian invasion, may have been vulnerable even before the war. On the morning ...