SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 was recognized Thursday as a new world record. The flash — dubbed a "megaflash," or a single continuous long...

Common methods used to train artificial intelligence models seem to increase their tendency to give misleading answers, according to...

In the push to shrink and enhance technologies that control light, MIT researchers have unveiled a new...

Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, tens of thousands...

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The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate.The court, created as part of the...

People in the U.S. pay more than $1 trillion in insurance premiums each year. Most of us have more than one insurance policy...

Cameras that mimic human eyesight could have key advantages for astronomers, allowing them to capture extremely bright and dim...

Amy GladwellBBC South West InvestigationsLauren WoodheadBBC England Data UnitEady familyThe government told the BBC the DVLA was analysing findings from recent inquests, and from a 2023 call for evidence on the legislative framework governing driver licensing for people with...