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The WNBA is competing for viewers during one of the busiest times on the sports calendar and the league is holding its own

Building wind farms off Atlantic Canada’s coast would be a game-changer that transforms the region into an “energy

UAW President Shawn Fain said the union would not expand its strike against the Big Three automakers on Friday, but that the UAW stood ready to add more workers to the picket lines at any time as its labor action enters a new phase.

Scientists think they could have found the cause of a series of “slow-motion” earthquakes that have shaken New Zealand in recent years – a hidden ocean which sits two miles beneath the sea floor. The water was revealed as part of a giant volcanic area formed about 125 million years ago, when an eruption forced a plume of lava bigger than the US to the surface of the Earth. Researchers found the region by towing 3D seismic sensors behind a boat to build up an image of the ancient volcanic area. There, they found thick, layered sediments around long-buried volcanoes which contained much more water than expected. Andrew Gase, from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, who carried out the research, said: “Normal ocean crust, once it gets to be about seven or 10 million years old should contain much less water.” The ocean crust scanned by researchers was 10 times as old as this – but water made up nearly half its volume. The tectonic fault line which runs through New Zealand is known for producing slow-motion earthquakes, also known as slow slip events. During one of these, the energy from an earthquake gets released over days or months, often causing little or no harm to people. Scientists don’t know why they happen more at some faults than at others, but they are thought to be linked to buried water. Finding this new area of water at the fault line which creates so many slip events could provide an explanation. Gase said: “We can't yet see deep enough to know exactly the effect on the fault, but we can see that the amount of water that's going down here is actually much higher than normal.” If researchers can work out how the water reserves affect slip events – possibly by dampening them – they could, in turn, understand normal earthquakes better. Scientists also think underground water pressure could play a key part in creating conditions that release tectonic stress via slow slip earthquakes. As a result, Gase said scientists should drill even deeper to find out where the water ends up. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal

Persistently high inflation took a toll on Americans' attitudes this month as many began to pay back student loans following a three-year hiatus.

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has admitted his ankle injury is not as bad as first feared, giving the club hope he could face Real Madrid in El Clasico later this month.

WASHINGTON U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in October as households anticipated higher inflation over the next year, a

For the second consecutive postseason, the favored Atlanta Braves fell to the division rival Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLDS. What does this say about the team and Braves manager Brian Snitker?

Erling Haaland admits he is struggling to deal with the increased attention he is receiving from fans.

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK Non-residents pulled $13.8 billion from their emerging market portfolios in September as the

Man Utd striker Rasmus Hojlund has revealed why he chose to sign for the club. The Denmark international joined from Atalanta for an initial £64m fee in August.