When temperatures plunge and the air goes painfully still, people in northern forests sometimes hear a sharp crack that ...

Sometimes it seems like that’s what it’s like to track AI progress in 2026. The year just started, but we’re in a different ...

Understanding connectivity issues and interactions are only part of the problem; ECOs can cause unexpected problems in other ...

Viral social media posts say trees can explode in severe temperatures. Experts say the more likely phenomenon is known as ...

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk." But experts say the dramatic imagery ...

All celestial bodies—planets, suns, even entire galaxies—produce magnetic fields, affecting such cosmic processes as the solar wind, high-energy particle transport, and galaxy formation. Small-scale ...

Videos of trees appearing to "explode" in the cold weather have been circulating on social media. Many of these videos, ...

(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 ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. councilmembers are introducing new legislation aimed at addressing the city’s growing rat problem, as residents across multiple neighborhoods report frequent and worsening ...

Chip Murrow had never heard the term "exploding trees" in his 30 years as a forester for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. As temperatures drop in Iowa and across the country this weekend ...

Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

Matthew Thomas Jones captured the surprising moment during a frigid morning run to the store Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.