A big change in the weather is on tap for much of the U.S. over the next few days.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
The northern lights, aka ‘aurora borealis,’ could be coming to a sky near you this week
Thanks to a geomagnetic storm from the sun, skywatchers across the far northern U.S. and most of Canada this week could see the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights.
Deepest dump? American explorer spots plastic garbage in world’s deepest ocean
We know Mount Everest is littered with tons of trash. Now we know garbage has also been spotted at the world’s deepest ocean depth.
The moon is shrinking and quaking. Is this something to worry about?
Scientists Monday gave us the unsettling news that our favorite natural satellite, the moon, is shrinking, according to a study.
Alive before Jesus’ birth, a 2600-year-old tree in North Carolina is one of USA’s oldest
While wars and storms roar around it, the tree has been alive for over 2,600 years, quietly growing along the banks of a river southeast of Raleigh.
Forget Batman. New species of bat-winged dinosaur discovered
Another dinosaur species with bat-like-wings has been discovered, scientists announced in a new study published Wednesday. The 163-million-year-old fossil, which was a complete skeleton, was found by a farmer in northeastern China.
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Worldwide rise in obesity driven by country dwellers, study finds
Country folks have driven the recent global rise in obesity, a study says.This contradicts the thinking that links being overweight with urban living.
May mayhem: Tornadoes, storms, floods, snow wreak weather havoc across US
May is bringing a wild potpourri of violent weather across a large portion of the nation, with tens of millions of people in the path of the storms.
Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year
Global alcohol use continues to rise, a new study reports, and is expected to continue to grow in the years ahead. In fact, just in the past 30 years, the total volume of alcohol humans consumed globally per year increased by a whopping 70%.
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Tornado warnings issued in Texas as violent night of weather begins for millions
Tornado warnings were issued in the Panhandle of Texas Tuesday afternoon, the first salvo in what’s predicted to be a violent night of weather across the southern Plains.