Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

Here’s a useless piece of trivia: Out of the 11 canonical Star Wars movies, eight feature the Death Star in one way or another. There’s the original planet-exploding weapon in A New Hope and the ...

A jewelry store exploded in Eustis, Fla., allegedly as the result of a gas leak. One person was unfortunately injured in the blast. 77 indicted as feds hunt $250M in alleged fraud Taylor Swift's ...

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we’re still sore from shoveling our driveway on Sunday. Between the weather forecast being WAY off and me underestimating how heavy the snow was, that ...

This is the moment a pile of fireworks in Guangdong, China were lit but began exploding wildly, sending projectiles flying into bystanders on November 30. Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - In the aftermath of the massive Feeding Our Future scandal and broader allegations of systemic fraud in Minnesota’s social programs, a troubling theme has emerged: accusations of ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a ...

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the next 25 years to complete its "Great Green Wall." ...