The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating ...

There is no measurement that can directly observe the wave function of a quantum mechanical system, but the wave function is still enormously useful as its (complex) square represents the probability ...

In the world of modern medicine, most people focus on the active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are the chemicals that ...

A century ago, Erwin Schrödinger came up with an equation that says how the quantum world behaves. Now scientists are asking ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...

The Bureau of Meteorology's temperatures differ from those that may be shown in your car or on your phone. Here's how the ...

I tested six popular thermometers and compared their ease of use, reading speed and design, and found two models I’d recommend to anyone for at-home use.

The Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii, has been acting up lately, and all kinds of nasty stuff is pouring out of it. But perhaps the ...

The flexible, hair-like device developed by Professors John Rogers and Yonggang Huang safely enters the uterus for continuous ...

Lindsay Okarmus, who works for the Central Park Conservancy, measures snowfall in the park. She loves winter storms.

On Friday, the temperature across our region averaged close to 10 degrees below zero. But the wind chill was at least minus ...