2025-01-10

Everyone agrees: 2024 the hottest year since the thermometer was invented

An exceptionally hot outlier, 2024 means the streak of hottest years goes to 11. [...]

2025-01-10

Climate Change in 2024 Hit a Warming Mark Scientists Hoped We Would Avoid

The rise above preindustrial temperatures marks the hottest year on Earth since records began in 1850. [...]

2025-01-09

Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia

This recently mapped Bronze Age fortress is just one among hundreds. [...]

2025-01-09

The Devastating Los Angeles Fires in Pictures

More than 130,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, with the fires—which are still uncontained—having been declared a major disaster by President Biden. [...]

2025-01-09

The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test

The state’s insurance industry was reformed in late 2024 to promote coverage in disaster-prone areas. Tens of billions in fire damage will stress-test the new regime. [...]

2025-01-09

This Is What The Los Angeles Wildfires Look Like From Space

The scope of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires comes into focus through smoke-filled satellite imagery from NASA, NOAA and ESA. [...]

2025-01-09

The best graphing calculators of 2025

We selected the best graphing calculators featuring options like rechargeable batteries, color displays, and more for your math and science classes. [...]

2025-01-09

Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition

German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of "percolation problem." [...]

2025-01-09

Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations

Set to be killed by Trump, the rules mostly lock in existing trends. [...]