A fire department shares video of an electric wheelchair exploding and cautionary tips on battery safety.

A fire department shares video of an electric wheelchair exploding and cautionary tips on battery safety.

The nickname of this species – the ‘Tree of Death’ – tells you everything you need to know about its lethality. Native to the ...

Somehow, none of her poems has found its way into picture books — until now, as Caldecott honoree Melissa Sweet turns ...

Lightning struck a massive redwood tree in a Santa Rosa neighborhood early Friday morning. A church had to be red-tagged and ...

It follows a similar incident from December. It follows a similar incident from December. is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Clones of the scraggly, beloved cherry blossom tree felled two years ago in the nation’s capital have flowered for the first time this ...

For decades, most companies took electricity for granted when it came to growth. Factories expanded, offices opened and data centers came online with little concern about whether the grid could keep ...

A warm winter indicated an early cherry blossom bloom on the University of Washington’s campus, but then a late-winter cold snap is now delaying peak bloom. Peak bloom was originally forecast to begin ...

Working off tips from volunteers, two giant-hunters are tracking down the biggest, tallest, oldest trees in the eastern U.S., from sweetgums on Staten Island to white pines in the Adirondacks. After ...