A sailboat gliding on the Pacific Ocean is glimpsed through a break in the trees from the UC Santa Cruz Farm.

(THE CONVERSATION) Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, ...

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings -- and evacuations ...