New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, ...

The new book '100 Years of Grand Ole Opry' looks at the history of the country music institution, including its rhinestone fashion.

1975, Computer Chip: "Microprocessing unit if the Motorola microcomputer is an integrated circuit laid down on a single-crystal silicon chip 0.210 by 0.217 inch, enlarged in this image. The chip bears ...

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Sponges can grow very slowly, sometimes less than two centimeters a year. Therefore, the size of this specimen suggests this community has been active for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years.

Wildflowers carpet the fields and hills of the Carrizo Plains National Monument during a super ... The Cowiche Canyon Conservancy’s Snow Mountain Ranch covers a 2,000-acre area where remnants ...

The UK’s FTSE 100 suffered its worst day since the start of the pandemic ... a Downing Street spokesperson said the PM “has been clear the UK’s response will be guided by the national interest” and ...

The same racing pundit who astonishingly tipped a 100/1 winner at Cheltenham ... is returning to the track a year later, hoping to become the first National champion to retain their title since ...

The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires across the country. Much of the country will be ...

Mark Drakeford warned Wales could miss out on up to £65m to cover the increased costs of employer national insurance contributions in the public sector. The finance secretary confirmed that ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods ... according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A "100-year flood" means a 1% chance of that level of flooding happening each year. Houston saw three 500-year flood events within three years from 2015 to 2017, including Hurricane Harvey. Climate ...