To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of ...

A severe winter storm that brought freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. was intensified by the polar ...

Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much ...

Acid rain is any form of precipitation that contains high levels of nitric and sulfuric acids. First coined by Scottish chemist Robert Angus Smith in 1852, acid rain can also occur in the form of snow ...

It’s officially hot chocolate season, and for devoted chocoholics, there’s never been a better excuse to stay in. Thanks to a surge in specialist hot chocolate makers, whipping up an ultra-creamy, ...

The all-new velvetiser makes one of the best hot chocolates that I've ever tried (Mollie Davies/The Independent) Taking hot cocoa to new heights, the brand didn’t stop there. It launched an impressive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I compared Hotel Chocolat's £150 viral hot chocolate maker with Salter's £35 appliance (Sabrina Sahota/The Independent ) The ...

The phase characteristics of vortex electromagnetic waves offer significant potential for forward-looking radar imaging. Previous vortex electromagnetic wave imaging systems often used narrowband ...