A rare spectacle took the residents in this quiet town of Brazil by surprise after hundreds of spiders appeared to "rain" from the sky. The video of the incident from the town of São Thomé das Letras, ...

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Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

Ball Lightning Imagine seeing a glowing sphere floating through the sky during a thunderstorm. That's ball lightning, a ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have gathered at Delaware Bay to track flu viruses in the bird population, hoping to catch early signs of potentially dangerous outbreaks.

In short, there are now enough nukes on Earth to destroy any number of planets and, though one hasn’t been used in so many decades, don’t count on us when it comes to not, sooner or later, using some ...

Honey is a sugar substitute that may also have many health benefits. Read about the different kinds of honey you can try, its ...

Capillary ice, a rare winter phenomenon formed by Exidiopsis effusa fungi, amazed a hiker during a walk in freezing January.

Albemarle is working to reopen the old Kings Mountain lithium mine, but a mysterious and offensive odor has some locals ...

While most earthquake reactions were of the "Did you feel that??" variety, there were also plenty of clever Boston takes.

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The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a mesmerizing natural phenomenon that occurs in the northernmost destinations in the world, such as Alaska, Norway, Iceland, Finland, ...