In time for the holidays, the Powerball lottery has soared to a new high, reaching the $1 billion mark for the second time this year. After the Powerball jackpot remained unclaimed on Wednesday, Dec.

Clarifying whether cars can explode the way movies portray and the real science of gasoline combustion. Donald Trump issues funding threat to Smithsonian 3 police officers shot 'without warning' while ...

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place. Reading time 2 minutes Many scholars agree that Mount ...

An 1851 ink-and-watercolor gift drawing titled A Type of Mother Hannah’s Pocket Handkerchief by Polly Jane Reed, a Shaker in New Lebanon, New York. Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but they came close enough to leave a permanent mark on the thin mist of gas that ...

The explosion does not seem criminal in nature, emergency officials said. One person is dead after a U-Haul truck appears to have accidentally exploded in a parking lot in Idaho early Saturday, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) — Construction crews are demolishing what remains of the Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center building, four and a half months after an explosion destroyed the facility.

One person is dead after a U-Haul truck explosion early Saturday morning, authorities said. The blast happened around 7:15 a.m. in the parking lot of an Old Navy store in Lewiston, Idaho, just across ...

A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to ...