The average home feels like a place of comfort and safety, somewhere to unwind and leave the outside world behind. Still, ...

The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

On the night of August 21, 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northern Cameroon spewed a concentrated cloud of carbon dioxide on nearby villages, killing more than 1,700 people. Subsequent ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

ARLINGTON, Wash. — Fire crews responded late Thursday morning to reports of an explosion at a marijuana grow facility in Arlington. At approximately 11:45 a.m., North County Regional Fire Authority ...

AND YOU CAN HEAR THE EXPLOSION. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE EARTH SHOOK. AN EXPLOSION ROCKING EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. THE WINDOWS SHOOK AND THE HOUSE SHOOK, SO I. IT ALMOST FELT LIKE A TREE HAD FALLEN ...

In effect, an exploding black hole, like the Big Bang itself, would be the ultimate particle collider, revealing hitherto unknown aspects of nature’s repertoire that could account for the dark matter.

A meteorologist warned of the risk of “exploding trees” later this week as extreme cold hits the northern U.S. A huge portion of the country is under cold-related weather alerts, with advisories ...