New research reveals that fireworks leave a hidden trail of pollution in the air and water long after the final explosion.

When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River ...

Yann LeCun's comments renew a long-running spat with Musk and cast doubt over valuations of some of the world's biggest AI companies.

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane of our existence. The hills sap us of our strength and speed, and they ...

Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global ...

The dangers of taking a battery pack on board a plane have never been more apparent – yet many travellers still flout the rules Greg Dickinson is an award-winning journalist with 15 years of ...

The “Seneca Guns” or “Seneca Drums” phenomenon of deep, echoing booms coming from New York’s Seneca Lake went unsolved for centuries. Local lore whispered of everything from ghosts to aliens, but ...

An underwater volcano violently erupted in the South Pacific in 2022. The chemical reaction that happened afterwards could show humans how to slow global warming.

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

In September, 2009, Erik Cordes, a deep-sea biologist, sat in a dark control room aboard the research vessel Ronald H. Brown, which was floating in the Gulf of Mexico. Fourteen hundred metres beneath ...