Lake effect snow. It's a part of what makes western New York winters feel like a wintry wonderland that requires daily shoveling. Utica, along with Rochester, Buffalo and other communities along the ...

Lake-effect snow warnings were issued for millions of people in three states on Friday. Incoming heavy snow prompted National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists to issue the warnings, as up to 14 ...

Apparently any place looks better if you just say it’s Japan. The idea being that the “Japan effect” is so strong, just the location tag can filter how we perceive an ordinary street or an average ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the Faraday effect, overturning a 180-year-old assumption that only its ...

Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve as the planet gets hotter. Steam is seen rising off a frozen Lake Michigan ...

After a weekend that had the first snowfall for much of Wisconsin, parts of Racine and Kenosha counties along Lake Michigan measured more than a foot of snow Nov. 10. It's a drastic difference from ...

I'm a sucker for epic sagas and good sci-fi, and in the lead-up to this year's N7 Day, I realized we don't see that combination very often in video games anymore. Oh sure, we've got games inspired by ...

While a larger parent storm system is typically required to produce heavy rain or snow events, lake effect snow is unique. All you need to produce some of the largest snow events on record is cold ...

The remnants of Hurricane Humberto, the eighth named storm to emerge this hurricane season, is currently swirling in the Atlantic to the north of Hurricane Imelda. Questions about whether the two ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. When BioWare was at the height of its game, fans were treated to one ...

Editor's note: Read the latest information on the Atlantic Hurricane forecast for Thursday, Sept. 25. The dance between developing storms in the Atlantic could soon evolve into one of meteorology's ...