In late October, Hurricane Melissa (that should have been called “Godzilla”) battered western Jamaica with 185-mile-an-hour winds. It tossed the roofs of ...

Scientists have a formula for combining humidity and temperature, yielding what they call a “wet bulb” temperature. We cool off by sweating and letting the moisture evaporate from our skins, but that ...

A single mathematical number determines the shape and size of stalagmites, thus solving a mystery hidden in caves.

When a mega-billionaire carps that a doomsday outlook is harming the climate movement, it's important to say many things in ...