California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has approved regulations that next year will let insurers use complex computer ...

There are even man-made earthquakes. Scientists say a huge fracking boom across the United States has left an earthquake ...

On Dec. 12, 1988, three trains collided in London, killing 35 people, Britain's worst railway accident in 21 years.

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission instruments have allowed for the clearest satellite-produced map of the ...

After nearly 1,400 miles in three days, will we still be excited to hop back in this long-legged electric sedan?

However, what you may not have considered is the option of borrowing things you’ll only use for the season instead of buying ...

Today, scientists are using a technique called LiDAR, or light detection and ranging, to measure and map stone walls across ...

As the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for 18,000 residents in the Malibu area along the Southern ...

This is caused by Earth's rotation, which creates centrifugal force — the same force that would cause you to fly off a ...

The inaccessibility of the mountaintop meant Good was able to get a bargain on the five-acre site when he bought it in 1998 ...

or topography. It provides a uniform method of rating fire danger across Canada. The six components are described below. Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) Canadian FFMC Map A numerical rating of the ...

There are fifty 1:250,000 scale maps available, based on the National Topographic System (NTS) map grid. They are identified by the latitude and longitude of the southeast corner (53112, 58118, etc.).