Iranian retaliation has caused an effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since ~March 2–4. Traffic has dropped from 150+ vessels/day to near-zero on many ...

Most people glance at their phone's weather app and call it a day. Fair enough. But here's something that might surprise you: the sky, the air, the birds outside your window, and even the smell ...

For more than a century, condensed matter physics has grappled with one of its greatest unsolved challenges: how to build superconductors that operate at room temperature and transmit electricity with ...

A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic ...

Iran’s latest attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure suggest the impacts of the conflict will be with us for many mont ...

When I'm choosing the perfect half gallon of 2% at the grocery store, I've seen milk cartons that look a little bloated, like someone overinflated a balloon. Are these swollen containers of milk safe ...

Torrential rains have brought flash floods to Hawaii. Parts of the upper Midwest are blanketed in more than two feet of snow, ...

San Jose, Livermore, Napa, Concord, and many other inland areas will be within reach of the 90° mark, which would either tie ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say a small shift in how fries are cooked could make a big difference — without messing with what makes them so good.

As airlines navigate intense global capacity demands, two of the most prominent twin-engine jets in the skies, the Airbus ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon learns how to pop a balloon with an orange peel in Feb. 22's Science Sunday. Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon helps make a cloud in a bottle in Feb. 15's Science Sunday.

New research on heart rate variability suggests that composure isn’t a personality trait. It’s a physiological skill the nervous system can train—one that may determine who thrives when the stakes are ...