Lightning struck a massive redwood tree in a Santa Rosa neighborhood early Friday morning. A church had to be red-tagged and ...

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A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in the Bannu district of northwestern Pakistan late ...

The proximity fuse became one of the key wartime technologies, alongside radar, the atomic bomb, the Leigh light, and the programmable computer, in helping the Allies win the war. Today, it's being ...

You might have heard media reports describing how shower doors have shattered spontaneously inside homes. While there are rare cases of the door exploding while homeowners are inside the shower, most ...

The United Nations group that clears explosives from conflict zones tells NPR it has not started major clearing operations in Gaza, because Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed on the terms for ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

A surge in discarded laughing gas canisters at waste sites has seen a rise in explosions endangering workers’ lives, authorities warn. Operators say there has been an increase in large nitrous oxide ...

TAMPA, Fla. – An automobile manufacturer that makes cars under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram names issued a “do not drive” warning for over 200,000 vehicles Wednesday. According to an FCA U.S.

In 2014, a NASA telescope observed as the infrared light emitted by a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy gradually grew brighter. The star glowed more intensely with infrared light for around three ...

The ice that fell during last month’s storm was unsparing: It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks. The ice that fell during last ...