High winds, heavy rain and powerful surf pounding the Oregon Coast recently uncovered a ghost forest known mostly through legendary tales in the small community of Neskowin. More info here. picked by deEPCHill 4 months ago

British scientists have managed to make water trickle up a steep slope. The secret of their success lies in nothing more than shaking the surface the droplets were lying on - in this case a plastic plate. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

SALEM, Ore. -- Scientists are offering a $100 reward to anybody who can lead them to a plant that may be extinct in Oregon, at least in its native form: the golden paintbrush. picked by bevissimo 2 months ago

The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth is published in Nature today. Scientists hope their description of how plates collide with one sliding below the other into the rocky mantle could potentially improve their ability to assess earthquake risks. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- The storms that have lashed Oregon's scenic coast this winter have dredged up an unusual array of secrets: old shipwrecks, historic cannons, ghost forests -- even strangely shaped iron deposits. picked by TchEngRox 6 months ago

AN Israeli politician has blamed a spate of recent earthquakes in the Middle East on gays. Shlomo Benizri of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party said the only way to prevent the earthquakes was for parliament to stop liberalising laws concerning homosexuals. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike in the next 30 years. picked by JDRucker 4 months ago

A reversal of tectonic plate motion between Acapulco and Mexico City in the last half of 2006 probably didn't ease seismic strain in the region or the specter of a major earthquake anticipated there in the coming decades. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The parent company of an Oregon railroad operation that shut down a line through the Coast Range has put up $24 million to help pop singer Michael Jackson keep his Neverland Ranch. picked by muppet 5 months ago

Two space rocks in our solar system's outer asteroid belt might contain mineral evidence for a new class of asteroids or long eroded mini-worlds. The asteroids, (7472) Kumakiri and (10537) 1991 RY16, were found to contain basalt, a grey-black mineral that forms much of the crust on Earth and the other inner planets. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The "Big One," as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a bowl of jelly. picked by prish 3 months ago