The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy—ideal to spark extreme wildfires—has nearly tripled in the past ...

The science pros at TKOR start a fire using the ancient bow drill technique, showing survival science and friction at work.

A bold new experiment probed whether controlled fire tornadoes could be an effective tool for cleaning up oil spills.

Just days ago the moon traveled directly between Earth and the sun in what was the first solar eclipse of the year, producing ...

NASA scientists have found the remains of a U.S. military base buried 100 feet below the surface of the ice in Greenland.

Today (Feb. 17), an annular solar eclipse will commence its journey across a remote region of Antarctica where it will be visible to more penguins than people. The partial solar eclipse portion of the ...

A half-dozen teenagers noisily crawled on their hands and knees through a dark, empty building. Large steel tools clanged off ...

A half-dozen teenagers noisily crawled on their hands and knees through a dark, empty building. Large steel tools clanged off the walls and floors, alarm bells beeped and blared ...

A warehouse fire exposes how rising costs leave NYC small businesses one incident away from serious interruption and even closure. We are encouraged by Mayor Mamdani’s emphasis on empowering small ...