A bold new experiment probed whether controlled fire tornadoes could be an effective tool for cleaning up oil spills.

Starting a fire with a battery sounds risky unless it’s done correctly. This method focuses on reliability, control, and repeatable results. It works with common items and minimal effort. When ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

When Chris Lanter rolled into Aspen in 1997 with everything he owned crammed into a Honda Accord, he was headed for a pastry job at the Ritz‑Carlton and determined that cooking would be his life. He ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Robert Jacob Hoopes pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of a federal employee with a dangerous weapon. Winter weather wreaks havoc along some roads in the ...

A fast-burning brush fire erupted in California's Ventura County on Thursday afternoon and quickly spread to 1,500 acres. There was zero containment as of late afternoon and the fire later crossed ...

South County Fire rolled out a new fire and emergency medical service deployment model to improve emergency services for nearly 300,000 residents across the regional fire authority (RFA). The model ...

Fourteen young kittens were rescued Saturday night from an abandoned burning home. On Saturday, more than 40 firefighters responded to a home on fire on Method Road in Raleigh. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...