East Coast residents may remember polar vortex forecasts and blizzards, but U.S. weather data was dominated by warm ...

The signs along roads are not lying: bridges and overpasses freeze faster than roads. Read on for a breakdown of why.

The driest place on Earth could soon be awash in wildflowers. Death Valley National Park in California is expected to have ...

A nuclear escalation in the Middle East would trigger a global catastrophe. Know the physics behind nuclear weapons, and the ...

Why has the East Coast gotten so much snow? Meteorologists explain what’s going on.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the Trump administration ...

Zim Bog attracts birders from around the world. They flock there hoping to spot owls, hawks and rare songbirds that spend most of their time in northern Canada.

Americans love science and revere innovation, almost as a rule, and politicians of every stripe have spent the better part of a century promoting and protecting both. However imperfect the resulting ...

Winter jackets in a closet hanger. As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet. Not only can this extra layer keep you ...

Colorado Springs recorded its warmest ever meteorological winter season, a trend that Colorado State Climatologist Russ ...

The science pros at TKOR push an experiment so far it nearly breaks accepted scientific expectations, forcing them to ...

Norway’s director of elite sport sounded a little hoarse when he answered the phone to CNN Sports. Tore Øvebrø said he had just caught a cold, but he admitted that his raspy voice might also have ...