The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, ...

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Well, it just so happens that there is a geological cousin of Dorothy’s fabled path to Oz, but this one exists more than ...