This article originally ran in 2015 and has been updated to include additional movies because, well, the world is a disaster, ...

Disaster movies usually leave us with a flicker of hope. Sure, there's mayhem and destruction aplenty, but at least a few valiant heroes eventually make it out alive. There's always a sense that the ...

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk. By Max Bearak and Hiroko Tabuchi Officials in Texas ...

"November 2017"--Title page verso. NH copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. Contents Prologue: The edge of the world -- Part one. Europe. The great embassy ; The First Kamchatka Expedition ; The ...