A patio chair starts to splinter at the arms, the table looks tired and grey, and one summer thunderstorm can undo months of ...

An autumn heat wave accompanied by gusty winds raised the wildfire risk for Southern California, with forecasters warning that grass and brush are still dangerously dry despite recent rains.

The Carrington Event, as it was later called, revealed that the Sun’s environment could violently change. It also suggested that emerging technologies, such as the electrical telegraph, were beginning ...