weather Sunday may have been the hottest day on Earth ever reliably recorded David Pescovitz

weather These 'temperature blankets' show a whole year's worth of weather! Rusty Blazenhoff

pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

Technology A reader built a breed-aware app for hot-pavement dog safety Ellsworth Toohey

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

adorable animals Eastern black rhino Zuri cools off with a hose — and it's adorable Jennifer Sandlin

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

AI Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands Jason Weisberger

Science More heat means more energy. More energy means bigger storms Jason Weisberger

worse things happen at sea California's ocean protections work, so naturally we're arguing about them Jason Weisberger

Space James Webb telescope captures star formation "factory" in fine detail Rob Beschizza

Science 5-inch hail from supercell thunderstorm devastates Illinois Popkin

housing crisis How to kill affordable housing: review it forever Jason Weisberger

gadgets Ikea's Gåtebo is an inexpensive 3-in-1 microwave, air fryer and grill Rob Beschizza

Science Sperm swim faster in summer Rob Beschizza

Science Sharks reach Antarctica as warming oceans expand their range Séamus Bellamy

disasters 46 swimmers hospitalized after piranha attack in Argentina Séamus Bellamy

winter Watch ice volcanoes spray frozen water along the Great Lakes Popkin