What triggers geysers to go off is still not well understood. A new paper shows that one small earthquake likely triggered an eruption of the world’s tallest active geyser, Steamboat. (Image credit: Tara Kaestner/Getty Images) Read More

The Jameses, who both play for the L.A. Lakers, shared the court for several minutes on the NBA’s opening night. They join a very small club of father-son teammates in American professional sports. (Image credit: Harry How) Read More

A harrowing and unprecedented trial in France is exposing how pornography, chatrooms and men’s disdain for or hazy understanding of consent is fueling rape culture. (Image credit: Lewis Joly) Read More

A preliminary investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests fresh onions that are served raw on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers were a likely source of contamination. (Image credit: Mike Stewart) Read More

Regulators say the companies hurt hundreds of thousands of users of the credit card, which Apple launched in 2019. (Image credit: Scott Olson) Read More

Even as the war in Gaza is still on-going, there are calls from inside Israel’s right-wing government for a permanent occupation of the Palestinian territory and to allow Jewish settlements there. While the Prime Minister says this is not the government’s policy, some say the military’s latest moves make it possible. Our correspondent tells us…

Hurricane Helene left destruction in its wake in western North Carolina. But elections officials are also moving heaven and earth to bring back a sense of normalcy, one vote at a time. (Image credit: Allison Joyce) Read More