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

Science In the year 536, the sun dimmed for 18 months: "one of the worst periods to be alive" Ellsworth Toohey

News Swiss Yodelers retreat to fountains to beat brutal heat Séamus Bellamy

movies Watch this classic John Ford western for absolutely free Séamus Bellamy

Science Liquid water may be two different structures constantly swapping back and forth Ellsworth Toohey

LGBTQ Budapest enjoys first Pride march since Orbán voted out Rob Beschizza

History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey

History For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn Ellsworth Toohey

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