Disasters/Accidents

Using a car-size prototype assembled atop a Swiss peak, an international group of researchers demonstrated for the first time that it was possible to use a laser to guide lightning.The…

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s electrical grid are straining the war-torn country’s mobile-telephone network, leading to a global hunt for batteries and other equipment critical for keeping…

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt—The United Nations and the U.S. are working to expand the network of weather stations across sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia and the Caribbean and Pacific island…

Lyft Inc. is leading the fight for a new green tax in California, pitting the ride-sharing company against the governor over who should pay for the shift to…

On a sunny September Sunday, Sara White and her family headed to Kings Island amusement park outside Cincinnati. The 39-year-old dentist zipped her two-day-old iPhone 14 Pro securely in her…

Every fall, Apple AAPL -3.00% unveils many new devices, software and services. Some of the offerings are incremental updates to what…

But the ability to detect that I was in a car crash? And then call 911 for me because I might be unconscious—or worse? Entrusting my life to a phone takes more than just marketing.…

NASA could attempt another launch for the Artemis mission relatively…

California aims to add millions of new electric vehicles in the coming years. Charging them without impairing an aging grid will require more power generation and help from EV drivers. This…

They include one company whose driver was found with a crack pipe after running an Amazon trailer into a Minnesota ditch. He was convicted of driving while high. Another driver hauling…