The Colorado River Basin, like much of the southwestern U.S., is experiencing a drought so historic—it began in 1999—that it's been called a megadrought. In the basin, whose river provides water to ...

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...

Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar. The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website. For now, you need a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature. Now ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring two iconic pillars of American youth: the Presidential Fitness Test and the President’s Council on Sports, ...

This rapid transition between wet and dry weather conditions is a hallmark of climate change, and it’s also an accelerating climate threat. This phenomenon is called “precipitation whiplashes,” and ...

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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first at-home test to screen for cervical cancer, Teal Health, which makes the test kit, said. Currently, cervical cancer screening is done in a ...

Lie face up on the edge of a bed or table so your legs hang off at 90-degree angles. From there, bring both knees toward your chest—keep your back still and flat—then slowly straighten one leg and let ...

The Houston metro area gets frequent visits from severe thunderstorms, usually triggered by cold fronts conflicting with the ever-present humid tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico, and the occasional ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has experimented with cloud seeding for decades, using ground devices and airplanes to disperse silver iodide and liquid propane to pad moisture statistics in one of the nation's ...

New research shows that the sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation ...