Throughout history, people have come up with surprising ways to beat the heat that actually work. By Hiroko Tabuchi Long before air-conditioning, people around the world came up with ingenious ways to ...

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It blew up in her face. A West Virginia teen had to be hospitalized after getting scalded by a squishy toy — akin to the viral mystery dumplings or NeeDoh cubes — that had been mistakenly left in a ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly ...

Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, reporting to you live from my luxury penthouse suite overlooking Atlantic City's boardwalk, where I have just finished watching last night's episode ...

This is a genuinely simple trick: rice noodles, hot oil, and a few seconds of chaos that results in a crispy, fun snack. It ...

A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, ...

‘AI scientists’ are exploding across disciplines. Will they morph what gets researched? When Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis articulated his vision for “AI scientists” that could ...

The moment of truth is just about here. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the term is actually “shut in”) are about ...

There was a time when extreme heat was relatively rare. But not anymore. Heatwaves, which are already responsible for almost 500,000 deaths a year, are becoming more frequent, more intense and more ...

A pair of silver tongs reaches for a turkey burger in a frying pan - bestbee/Shutterstock We may not be able to ascertain what went through Gloria Beesley's mind on that fateful day in July 2018 when ...