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'Beast from the East' brings snow to UK, mainland Europe along with frigid temperatures
An unusual weather pattern is bringing frigid weather and snow to Europe, including the UK.
Locals call it 'The Tomb': What's in the Marshall Islands' concrete dome?
A mother recounts the nuclear history of the Marshall Islands.
By Jan Hendrik Hinzel
Her baby may outlive her own country: The story of the Marshall Islands
The forgotten nation, still reeling from nuclear testing, faces new challenges due to climate change.
By Jan Hendrik Hinzel
When you leave the Marshall Islands, you buy a one-way ticket, on standby
If you leave the Marshall Islands, you likely won't come back.
‘What am I gonna go home to? Water?’: The climate refugees settling in America’s heartland
The Marshall Islands has a new capital, in a sense: Springdale, Arkansas.
The poison and the tomb: One family's journey to their contaminated home
When your homeland is contaminated, where do you go?
Gifts ideas for that person who's literally obsessed with space
No, this is not a list of galaxy print clothing.
By Leah Stodart
This machine is basically a Roomba for waterways
Except, instead of cleaning your room, this vacuum cleans our water.
'Beast from the East' to plunge UK, rest of Europe into historic deep freeze
Late February into early March is the new January.
The most massive black holes on record were just discovered 3.5 billion light-years away
Some are estimated to be 40 billion times bigger than the mass of our sun.
Finding alien life probably won't drive us into panic and chaos
Mass hysteria is unlikely, especially if a discovery centers on microbial alien life.
By Mark Kaufman
It will be warmer at the North Pole next week than much of Europe, as sea ice melts
The polar vortex split, and now the North Pole is comparatively balmy.
SpaceX boat tries to catch pricey rocket nosecone in the Pacific Ocean, but misses
It's sort of like playing baseball -- but with giant pieces of a rocket.
By Mark Kaufman
A flooded river turned this hiking trail into an underwater fantasy world
It's kind of incredible.
By Morgan Sung
Try not to get hypnotized by this 'shark whisperer' and his calming powers
That's no man-eater!
Wednesday will be the warmest February day ever recorded along the East Coast
Record heat to be followed by what may be a late winter revenge in early March.
These people are giving up plastic for Lent and it's all because of 'Blue Planet II'
It's proving quite challenging for some.
Bigleow aims to launch its own expandable space station as NASA plans pullback from ISS
Bigelow can make space capsules for a new space station. But who's going to buy them?
By Mark Kaufman
Temperature rises above freezing near North Pole, as frigid air slinks toward Europe
The weather across vast areas is especially weird right now. Here's why.
Volcano in Indonesia unleashes massive explosion
This was the biggest eruption since Mt. Sinabung woke up again five years ago.
It's so easy to save money and eat healthy with zero-waste cooking
Save the environment (and your wallet).
There's a storm dying on Neptune, and it probably smells like rotten eggs
A stinky storm at the end of its life.
