physics

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — You know it was a remarkable week when dumping tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean wasn’t even the lead story. That’s...

There’s a lot going on with the full moon tonight — the second full moon of the month of August. The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that the second ful...

ALBANY — Computer chip manufacturer Micron has revealed that by the 2040s its Onondaga County factories are going to be sucking up enough electricity ...

ALBANY — A measure to block discharges of radioactive water into the Hudson River as part of the Indian Point nuclear plant’s decommissioning was sign...

How we listen to music, news and other content as we drive on our daily commute or travel around the country has changed dramatically over the years. ...

The two biggest movies in the world continued their domination this past week as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” once again topped the box office returns, ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is the latest to weigh in on the challenges facing New York in its transition from fossil fuels to carbon-free...

The first full moon of August will appear in the sky Tuesday night — it’s the full Sturgeon Moon, which we will get to momentarily. But, wait, did we ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Between this summer’s biblical floods, apocalyptic fires and life-threatening heat domes, people are starting to wonder whether we’ve...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki aren’t depicted in the movie “Oppenheimer,” but they haunt the film — literally. The eponymous physicist and “f...

One of the great natural spectacles of the summer sky is just getting underway — with the peak coming in a few weeks. The Perseid meteor shower occurs...

Two years from now, New York City may run short on power, potentially leading to blackouts during normal summer temperatures. Heat waves would exacerb...

A New York State forest ranger who patrols 30,000 acres of state forest in Cattaraugus County returned last week from fighting a wildfire north of Que...

OLEAN — While unhealthy air quality returned to the Olean area Sunday evening and through Monday due to wildfire smoke from Canada, Western New York w...

The June that just ended was the Earth’s hottest — ever. And the first week of July saw the trend continue. The surging summer temperatures made me wo...

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, draws many tourists to far-northern locations, such as in Alaska and Canada. But an opportunit...

While air quality in the Southern Tier was somewhat improved Thursday, New York state environmental and health officials extended an air quality healt...

Residents of the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania again found themselves wreathed in smoke from Canada as air-quality levels approached the “ve...