Learn what frost quakes are, why they happen, and why they sound like sudden booms.

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding ...

Noise first became a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the ‘age of noise’ by dystopian author Aldous Huxley.

On a chilly morning, John Seiler, a professor of tree physiology at Virginia Tech, observed a sweet cherry tree marred by a jagged scar—a visual testament to what social media has labeled an ...

Mechanism of Frost Cracks: When the temperature falls sharply, the liquid inside trees expands as it freezes, creating physical pressure that can result in vertical splits along the trunk. These ...

A massive winter storm brought sleet freezing rain and heavy snow across a roughly 2,000-mile swath, causing about 1 million ...

Venezuelan soldiers were left bleeding from the nose, vomiting blood and unable to stand after the US allegedly deployed a powerful and unknown weapon during a military raid to capture President ...

Across the world, winter’s sudden freezes trigger sharp, gunshot-like cracks in trees, known as frost cracking. While ...

My FPS love affair really blew up way back on the PS2, and while the PS1 had a few cool ones, the PS2 was when FPS games really started to flourish on consoles, and that’s thanks to games like these ...

Arctic winds grip the US Midwest, fuelling record cold and viral claims of ‘exploding’ trees. Experts explain frost cracking as the polar vortex triggers life-threatening winter conditions.

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 ...

Today, the world faces record levels of conflict and violence with a significant impact on people. In 2023 alone, over 170 armed conflicts were recorded. By the end of the year, nearly 120 million ...