Viral social media posts are warning about "exploding trees" during a major winter storm. The phenomenon, known as "frost cracks," is real but trees rarely explode completely. This is unlikely to ...

Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is vowing a crackdown on illegal flavored vapes flooding the New York market by creating a registry of legal products to aid enforcement. Despite being banned in New York and lacking ...

At a holiday party for my graduate students and alumni, I noticed an unusual number of them traipsing out to the stoop to smoke cigarettes. I give these parties every year, and there are always a ...

The new year in Colorado brought new restrictions for people who vape in Denver. As of January 1, a voter-approved ban on flavored nicotine products is now in effect in Denver, prohibiting the sale of ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

Nationally, more than one in four high school students use e-cigarettes, according to federal data. Fruit, menthol and mint were the most popular flavors, with more than 60% of teens who vaped saying ...

MEXICO CITY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate has passed legal reforms that could impose up to eight years in jail and fines of up to 226,000 pesos ($12,500) for the production or sale of vapes and ...

A new major study from Queen Mary University of London has found that smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the same time—known as dual use—are reducing their intake of harmful chemicals ...

As New York City prepares for a political shift at City Hall, a growing chorus of law-enforcement veterans and industry watchdogs is urging Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to take a hard line against the ...