Experimental Musings

Scientists have been watching Earth’s wildfires for some time now and are now seeing how climate change factors into these devastating natural disasters.

On Christmas morning millions of people gather around a tree. So this holiday season we thought we’d spread some joyous love for the decorative centerpiece itself. Why is your Christmas tree so important? And what should you do with it once you're done with the holidays?

Virginia has been making some big strides in solar infrastructure at various academic organizations.

Hurricane Dorian just made its way through the Atlantic, causing much havoc and harm along the way. This storm broke some big records as it moved along its path, and now we can look back and study the storm's impacts.

Earth is still cooling after its fiery formation, and volcanoes are one way the Earth loses heat. Other planets have volcanic features -- some recently active -- telling geologists that they, too, could be hot and losing heat.