Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

A report called “How Homeowners Pay More for Less While Insurers Profit” has been released by a group called Unlocking America’s Future. Texas ranks third among states for the highest premiums paid, ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as ...

Did anyone else grow up in perpetual fear of any and all natural disasters? I don’t know if it was cartoons or what, but as a ...

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

Damages totaled $115 billion last year, according to Climate Central. The United States experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing at least 276 ...

There were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States last year, adding up to a total of $115 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate research ...

Kentucky has suffered a series of historic disasters in recent years, forcing local communities to adapt. Disaster-stricken towns across the state are taking steps to ease the pain of the next storm, ...

WAYLAND, Ky. — Mayor Jerry Fultz steps out of his car and stands at the foot of the last road before the creek, where the specter of flooding is reshaping his hometown. A dog trots through fresh ...

The Chernobyl disaster is probably the most memorable nuclear disaster in history due to the explosion and all the deaths caused by severe radiation poisoning. Research that shows the dogs of ...

Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado’s U.S. senators decried the Trump administration’s denial of emergency recovery funds for the state and promised to fight a decision they called “political games.” ...