Canby family displaced after industrial explosion damages home

CANBY, Ore. (KPTV) - A Canby family is living in a hotel room after an industrial explosion damaged their home this week. “It ...
WSMV

You could see ‘exploding trees’ in the winter storm. Here’s why that happens.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - There’s a viral claim going around that “exploding trees are possible in the Midwest and Northern Plains” this weekend as sub-zero temperatures creep in from the winter storm ...
KEYT

What are ‘exploding trees’? The winter phenomenon may not be what you think

(CNN) — John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running ...
The Hill

So cold that trees will explode? Not exactly, expert explains

These forecasts have prompted warnings about protecting your water pipes, dressing for the weather, and, for some reason, the possibility of “exploding” trees. Earlier this week, posts shared to ...
Live Science

Last year, the oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat — equivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs exploding every second

In 2025, the ocean absorbed an extra 23 zettajoules of heat energy in 2025, breaking the ocean heat content record for the ninth consecutive year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
Seeking Alpha

Elon Musk's X to make its algorithm open source in a week

Elon Musk's social media platform X will make its algorithm open source in seven days, the billionaire businessman said on Saturday, including the code that governs what posts are recommended to users ...
Fast Company

12 Hiroshima bombs every second: Here’s how much Earth’s oceans warmed in 2025

The world’s oceans once again hit a record high temperature in 2025, storing more heat than during any previous year since modern recording began. That heat is so extreme that it’s calculated in ...
TechCrunch

India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content

India has ordered Elon Musk’s X to make immediate technical and procedural changes to its AI chatbot Grok after users and lawmakers flagged the generation of “obscene” content, including AI-altered ...
Phys.org

Wood-derived chemicals offer safer alternative for thermal receipt paper coatings

Every day, millions of people use thermal paper without thinking about it. Receipts, shipping labels, tickets, and medical records all rely on heat‑sensitive coatings to make text appear. More ...
Science Daily

Did an exploding comet wipe out the mammoths?

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...
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Gen X Quietly Learned To Do These 7 Things That Unintentionally Make Life Much Harder Than It Has To Be

For Gen Xers, many of them had to grow up figuring out life on their own. That mindset has managed to help them in many ways, but might have also given them some bad habits as well. The habits that ...