Google is giving you a free flight – with its new flight simulator app. The tech giant has added a free-to-play flight simulator within its Google Earth map software. What's so special about the ...

Mount Rainier looks like a postcard, but it is an active volcano with a danger most people do not picture: mud. The mountain holds 28 major glaciers and about 36 square miles of ice, which can mix ...

After Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, experts were faced with a precarious question: How can we best prepare for when—not if—the next volcanic eruption in the Cascade Range occurs? Triggered by a ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

The 2026 Regional Lahar Evacuation Drill will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April 23. Schools will evacuate students along lahar routes; Puyallup will see increased pedestrians Sumner will guide ...

Several towns in East Pierce County will have backed-up roads during a lahar drill on April 23. The 2026 Regional Lahar Evacuation Drill is the largest lahar evacuation drill in the world, according ...

Danger from Mount Rainier isn't always born from smoke and ash. According to the United States Geological Survey, the last significant event to happen at Mount Rainier was a no-notice lahar: a ...

A nude woman could be seen on a live video feed of the Orting City Council’s study session on Wednesday. However, no one at the meeting was aware of this “brief embarrassing moment” until Friday ...

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can’t be seen, but you believe ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help planners anticipate future mudflows. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...