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Solar events like this can stir up particles in the Earth's ionosphere and disrupt radio frequency communications.

The fierce feline predators went extinct at the end of the last Ice Age.

At 2,749 pounds, the giant, Guinness World Record-breaking gourd weighs about as much as a car.

“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard.

Experts are sounding the alarm on consumers' propensity to improperly discard items like USB cables, R/C cars, and vapes.

Sewing is a popular hobby that enables you to make your own apparel, even as a beginner.

Check out these photos of cargo drones, electric flying machines, Army gear, and remote-controlled construction equipment at a Texas event.

Hydrate in style—and save some plastic—with these durable steel bottles that will keep water cold for hours.

The catalog of 3,000 cell types could be a game-changer for personalized medicine and animal models.

These duds take the term “sweat suit” very literally.

A new study adds 'environmental stability' to the list of AI industry concerns.

Other animals tend to 'play possum' to avoid being eaten.

Unlike other prosthetics, a new model connects directly to a patient's limb via both bone and nerves.

Flour in your starter will eventually create unique, funky flavors.

As they grew tamer over time, cats forged an unlikely friendship using their tails.

Thanks to livestreams, anyone can watch the most dramatic scenes from the upcoming solar eclipse.

Experimental phage therapy offers a lifeline when antibiotics no longer work. Prostate infection survivor Gregory Breed is proof.

More people than ever are consuming spicy foods, including extreme pepper varieties.

Peep these photos and start planning your next road trip.

Early analysis of space rock Bennu reveals the stuff is an 'astrobiologist's dream.'