Winter storm Fern may be gone but conditions remain dangerous in Mississippi and more than 150,000 are without power.

Two teenagers lost their lives in storm-fueled sledding accidents in different parts of the country, turning what should have been snow-day fun into a pair of devastating stories. Both crashes ...

Astronomers use the term dark energy to refer to energy in the universe that is unaccounted for by ordinary matter but ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

You can find the Strands game on the New York Times website and in the NYT Games app.

Working hard isn't enough to succeed. Sociologist Anindya Kundu says social support systems — institutions, mentors and ...