For 76 years, she lay on the ocean floor, a quiet tomb for 140 sailors who died the day she sank. Now, for the first time since then, humans have laid eyes on the Hornet.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
By 2080, global warming will make New York City feel like Arkansas
Because ofglobal warming, hundreds of millions of Americans will have to adapt to dramatically new climates by 2080, astudy suggests.
Stonehenge mystery solved? Prehistoric French may have inspired it and other European megaliths
A new study suggests that an ancient culture in what’s now the Brittany region of northwestFrance may have begun building themegaliths some 7,000 years ago.
Dozens of polar bears invade remote Russian town, create ’emergency situation’
A mass invasion of polar bears has caused an “emergency situation” in the small Russian settlement of Belushya Guba.
Skis, sleds, laundry baskets … kayaks? Seattle residents take advantage of record snow
Forget rain, Seattle this month is among the nation’s snowiest cities: More snow has fallen there than in Buffalo, Cleveland and Boston combined.
Huge storms spotted on Uranus and Neptune
Yes, other planets have weather and seasons, but they’re nothing like what we have here on Earth.
Record-shattering, ‘unprecedented’ heat scorches Australia, Chile and Argentina
While we’ve been shivering up here, folks in the Southern Hemisphere have been baking in all-time record summertime heat.
‘Brutal winter weather’: Snowstorm to paste Seattle for second time this week
Normally mild Seattle is bracing for its second snowstorm this week Friday and Saturday.
Buzzworthy news: Are bees better at math than you are?
Scientists say bees can do basic arithmetic, noting that “even the miniature brain of a honeybee can grasp basic mathematical operations.”
Melting ice from Greenland and Antarctica could cause more extreme weather
Wild weather could increase as Antarctica ice melts, but sea-level rise may not be as bad as feared.