From natural chaos to wartime blasts and industrial disasters, these are history's most powerful non-nuclear explosions ...

They’re irks that are nothing more than a bother, a nuisance, even to a crusty old curmudgeon. But the one that’s right up there on the Richter scale, way beyond irks, the gnarly, ugly one, is racism.

Drawings by Cleo Revier and Clarence Peterson, two Rochester High School students, are among 747 prize-winning student ...

I don’t leave home without ‘em, which is why this week’s column is a travelogue of running the Big Island of Hawaii. Everyone’s somewhat familiar with Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon in ...

Kīlauea Volcano's latest eruption, dubbed Episode 24, lit up the night sky over Hawaii, lasting roughly 7.5 hours. Both the north and south vents erupted, sending lava fountains soaring over 1,000 ...

Although it may seem like an exaggerated visual effect, lightning during a volcanic eruption is a real and documented phenomenon. It forms when ash particles, rock fragments, and g ...

At the more explosive end of the scale are Plinian eruptions. These include the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, ...

The explosion was the strongest since 2021, expelling ash, dust, lava and a pyroclastic flow, but no injuries or deaths were ...

The recent eruption of Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has plunged residents and tourists on the island of Sicily ...

Videos circulating on social media showed visitors rushing to descend the mountain as volcanic plumes rose overhead.

Mount Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes. It's the most active volcano in Europe. Its activity increased during ...

Guatemala are evacuating some residents from the slopes the Volcano of Fire after a new eruption spewed gas and ash high into the sky ...