In 2014, scientists clad in thick neon orange suits stepped off a research vessel and visited five different patches of pristine-looking Arctic sea ice. As these researchers discovered, the blinding ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. Microscopic particles of plastic, called microplastic, have ...

CANNON TOWNSHIP -- A lit cigarette left by a container of paint thinner sparked a fire that destroyed part of a home at 6708 Sunfish Lake Ave. NE on Friday night. No one was injured in the fire, which ...

DENVER, N.C. — A man taking a break from painting burned down his house after trying to snuff out a cigarette in a bowl of paint thinner. Stevie Spencer had put the bowl on his coffee table before ...