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The Key to Hassle-Free Snow Shoveling Is in Your Kitchen

Shoveling snow can put quite a damper on a snow day. Here’s a hack to make this chore slightly more tolerable.

Mayfield, Kentucky, in the aftermath of one of the tornadoes.

5 Ways to Help Tornado Victims in the South and Midwest

Kentucky’s tornado damage might be the most severe, but other states have been affected, too. Here’s how to help.

Two people can, however, look at the same photo of a rainbow.

Rainbow Disconnection: Why No Two People Can Ever See the Same Rainbow

How do rainbows form? It’s all about light waves, water, and angles—and that includes the angle from which you see one.

Bundle Up: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts a 'Season of Shivers' Ahead, So Be Prepared for a Long, Cold Winter

According to 'The Old Farmer’s Almanac,' below-average temperatures will descend upon most of the U.S. for the 2021-2022 winter season.

The Rainiest City in Every Country

From Hilo, Hawaii to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, these are the rainiest cities in every country around the world.

When your internet's productivity issues are directly correlated to your own.

Does Bad Weather Really Affect Your Internet?

“Why is my internet so slow?” is an evergreen question, but people tend to ask it more often during bad weather. Here’s why.

A flooded boulevard in Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 30.

5 Organizations Helping Hurricane Ida Victims—and How You Can Contribute

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina struck the state. Here’s how to help residents recover.

How to Silence Emergency Alerts on Your iPhone

Your iPhone’s weather alerts (and other emergency notifications) are trying to keep you safe, but there is a way to make them do it more quietly.

A building destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti.

5 Ways to Donate to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti

Just days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, Haiti is now dealing with a tropical depression. Here’s how you can help.

Lenticular clouds in Cape Town, South Africa.

8 Strange Cloud Types and What They Mean

The next time somebody points out a UFO-shaped cloud, you can whip out the word ‘lenticular.’ They’ll love it.

Record Temperatures Are Frying Live Shellfish on Canada's Pacific Coast

The brutal Pacific Northwest heatwave of summer 2021 has left Canada's beaches filled with cooked and rotting shellfish.

What's worse than a single mosquito? Mosquitoes that don't want to be single.

Funnel of Love: Mosquitoes Looking for Mates Formed ‘Mosquito Tornadoes’ in Siberia

A mosquito bite eventually goes away. The image of a mosquito tornado, meanwhile, will live in your brain forever.

How Hot Is Too Hot for Cats?

Your feline friend is heat-tolerant, but that doesn't mean they should be left unattended during a heat wave.

Don't let the heat beat you up this summer.

10 Tips for Coping With a Heat Wave

Record temperatures are here to stay, and safety precautions are a must. Here's how to keep your cool in a heat wave.

93 Names Have Been Retired For Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms—Is Yours One of Them?

The list of retired hurricane names includes some easy ones, like Katrina and Sandy—but also Beulah, Bob, and Klaus.

Rjukan, Norway: The Town That Relies on Giant Mirrors for Winter Sunlight

From late September through mid-March, three sun mirrors help make the town of Rjukan, Norway, a little brighter.

What the 'Probability of Precipitation' on Your Weather App Really Means

Seeing a 50 percent chance of rain on your weather app doesn't mean that rain will reach only half your area—or that it will rain for half the day.

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What Are Those Domes on the Side of the Highway Used For?

The shingled, domed-shaped salt storage structures you see on the side of the highway are an example of clever design.

Coats and jackets living together in harmony.

Coat vs. Jacket: What’s the Difference?

Though not everyone recognizes the technical difference between coats and jackets, Lands’ End definitely does.

Why Are Deserts So Hot During the Day and Cold at Night?

Deserts either want to broil you alive or force you to put on layers. It's a fascinating ecological condition with a simple explanation.

Rock salt can damage concrete driveways.

The Reason You Should Never Spread Rock Salt on Concrete Driveways

Millions of people treat slippery surfaces with rock salt, but it can wind up doing your driveway a lot more harm than good.

The American side of the Niagara Falls partially frozen over in February 2015.

Niagara Falls Freezes Over As Temperatures Plunge in North America

A spectacular video captured in February 2021 shows a rainbow over a partially frozen Niagara Falls.

USDA Warning: Your Yard Is Not a Freezer, So Don’t Put Your Food Outside If You Lose Power

It may be tempting to use your backyard as a freezer during the Texas power outage, but the USDA warns that that's a bad idea.

An 'ice volcano' erupts along Lake Michigan.

'Ice Volcanoes' Are Forming—Here's Why

The peculiar mounds of ice that 'erupt' with water are popping up near the Great Lakes and as far away as Kazakhstan.

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