Faulty power lines and electrical equipment are being blamed for causing deadly fires in Los Angeles and across the U.S. Is ...

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In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion ...

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Scientists believed such small, isolated galaxies stopped creating stars billions of years ago. However, recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) challenges this idea. An Ancient ...

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“I am a firestarter.” So sang Keith Flint, the late lead singer of techno-punk band The Prodigy. With so many fires burning globally, both literal and metaphorical, you might think it would be the ...

A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...