A dramatic surge in kratom-related poison center calls is raising alarm among health experts, as new data shows cases have jumped more than 1,200% over the past decade. Alongside the spike, ...

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association reached a handshake agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, which they billed as ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

In new research published today, crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis found that crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking—largely forced laborers trapped in compounds across Southeast Asia and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The expolision of a black hole could explain the origins of a mysterious high-energy neutrino detected in 2023, as well ...

After the Henry Hub natural gas price for February doubled, oil-and-gas producers aggressively locked in hedges. Cold weather caused the largest one-week rally since at least 1990. Oil and gas ...

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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 along ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A meteorologist warned of the risk of "exploding trees" later this week as extreme cold hits the northern U.S. A huge ...

As we head into the weekend, a major winter storm system is going to slide some of the coldest air we’ve felt in years right over Michigan - and we’re going to be in a deep freeze for a few days. How ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...