-
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
-
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
-
‘Devil comet' may be visible as it swings by sun this weekend
Calling all stargazers! Break out the binoculars and dust off your telescopes, this weekend is your best opportunity to sneak a glimpse of the Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks before it moves out of our view. Affectionately known as the “devil comet“, thanks to its horseshoe-like appearance, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will be at its perihelion, or closest point to the sun, this Sunday,...
-
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial
NBC News special report.
-
Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as U.S. Marine who died in 1951 training accident
A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified as belonging to a U.S. Marine who died in a 1951 training accident decades later.
-
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4
-
More than a sphere: Why people still buy globes in the age of technology
In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate and cars with built-in GPS, there’s something about a globe — a spherical representation of the world in miniature — that somehow endures
-
Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle' has died at 94
The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94.
-
Newly discovered nocturnal marine worm has eyes as sharp as mammals
A tiny nocturnal worm native to the Mediterranean Sea has eyes as sharp as mammals, according to neuro and marine biologist Anders Garm from the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Biology.
-
Explaining how an earthquake occurs
Storm Team 4’s Dave Price and Dr. James Davis explain some of the science behind the earthquake in New Jersey on Friday, like why is happened and why so many people were able to feel it far away.
-
What causes an earthquake? Here's a brief explanation and how to stay safe
So what’s the science behind what happens to cause an earthquake? Here’s a look at the anatomy of the New Jersey quake and try to explain the why and how of it all.
-
Why do clouds disappear during a solar eclipse?
Shallow cumulus clouds tend to disappear early on in a solar eclipse. Scientists think they now know why.
-
New York prepares for its first total eclipse in nearly a century: what to know
There are less than two months until the most anticipated astronomical event of 2024. It is the first total eclipse in nearly a century, and New York has been preparing for this moment. Gov. Kathy Hochul shared the state’s plans to ensure a unique, safe and inspiring experience for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who hope to see the…
-
Are insects drawn to light? New research shows it's confusion, not fatal attraction
Many scientists have long assumed that moths and other flying insects were simply drawn to bright lights. But a new study suggests that’s not exactly what’s going on. Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects’ innate navigational systems. This cause them to flutter in confusion around porch lamps, street...
-
Billions of cicadas will emerge in the US this year in a rare double-brood event
This year’s dual emergence is a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803.
-
What is a leap year and why do we have them?
A leap year occurs when one day is added to the calendar every four years.
-
Scientists discover two deep-sea coral reefs off the Galapagos Islands
Scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute believe the reefs are thousands of years old.
-
Can your sweat turn blue?
Chromhidrosis is a disorder of the sweat glands that manifests with colored sweat on the face, in the underarms, or on the areola of the breasts.
-
Study says climate change and rising temperatures may increase drug and alcohol disorders
Researchers at Columbia University studied data from alcohol-related and substance-related hospital visits in New York State over 20 years.
-
How ancient DNA analysis is unraveling our shared history with other kinds of humans
Scientists started to realize all these hominins weren’t our direct ancestors. Instead, they were more like our cousins: lineages that split off from a common source and headed in different directions