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Thousands have been displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires. Communal living is stressful, even in the best of times. Here's how to cohabitate harmoniously.

What's it like standing on the slopes of an active, erupting volcano? Volcanologist Tamsin Mather takes us on her journey to some of the world's biggest volcanoes.

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Sandy and Jim Parrill garden at Chaos, our acre of the Ozarks in Joplin. Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri Master ...

A "monster" who subjected his vulnerable partner to assault and years of domestic abuse, but was cleared of her manslaughter, has been jailed for six and a half years. Ryan Wellings, 30, was cleared ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet said on Thursday that they had detected "problems", including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked ...

Since the start of the last solar year, over 24,000 families in Afghanistan have been displaced, more than 50 percent in ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological Agency said Monday. Tsunami warnings were issued for Miyazaki ...

Want to visit Italy but have been put off by the idea of peak season tourists crowds surging through Rome, Florence and ...