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Huge rogue waves rise from nowhere to sink ships. Can we predict them?

Huge rogue waves rise from nowhere to sink ships. Can we predict them?

24 March 2021

Freak waves cause death and destruction at sea. As climate change looks set to make them more extreme, researchers are scrambling to find ways to predict when and where these killers will strike

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

22 January 2020

When asteroid Armageddon is upon us, we can't just call Bruce Willis. Meet the people who really do watch the skies – and make detailed plans for our survival

war zone

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

10 May 2017

In a crisis, your fight or flight response can actually leave you frozen. Training your brain to act could be the difference between life and death

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