An apartment was damaged in a fire in Boone earlier this week. The fire occurred Wednesday (February 4) at Finmore Apartments on Shadowline Drive. The fire was contained to ...

The pressure from the boy’s jaws possibly punctured the battery’s casing, leading to thermal runaway. This resulted in a ...

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says items present serious danger to children and could even result in fatalities.

Batteries are considered hazardous and require special handling. The good news is they can be recycled for free ...

Chip Murrow had never heard the term "exploding trees" in his 30 years as a forester for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Is there a danger of exploding trees in Iowa? And how does it happen?

(CNN) — John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A local nonprofit races to rescue surplus produce and deliver it to families in need as hunger rises across the region. Fresh food begins long before it reaches a plate.

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...