A woman who looked “nine months pregnant” due to a 26cm ovarian cyst dropped three stone after surgery removed eight litres of built-up fluid. Katie Wells, 31, was initially treated for a chest ...

A woman who looked “nine months pregnant” due to a 26cm ovarian cyst dropped three stone after surgery removed eight litres (14 pints) of built-up fluid. Katie Wells, 31, was initially treated for a ...

During a dive off Argentina, scientists documented a rare jellyfish discovered a little over a century ago and seldom seen since, as well as the fish that keep it company. By Alexa Robles-Gil In late ...

Olga Neuwirth’s new opera, “Monster’s Paradise,” leans into the absurd to examine the phenomenon of the strongman leader (with added zombies). By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Hamburg, Germany In ...

An invasive insect species is infesting Bridgewater, and it may already be too late to stop it. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources issued a report to the town earlier this week ...

As a massive winter storm barrels across the U.S., power grid operators are taking extraordinary steps to keep the lights on and avoid rolling blackouts. The storm, stretching more than 2,300 miles, ...

Chicago residents are weathering a dangerous cold snap this week — but so are the trees. After a post on X warning of “exploding trees” went viral on social media ahead of this week’s polar vortex, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - There’s a viral claim going around that “exploding trees are possible in the Midwest and Northern Plains” this weekend as sub-zero temperatures creep in from the winter storm ...

Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop. Trees can explode during extreme cold due to sap expansion when it freezes. Oak, maple, and fruit trees with high moisture are most ...