Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...

At 2:00 a.m. sharp on January 3, 2026, we were jolted awake by an explosion. There was no mistaking it: we were being bombed. Caracas, perhaps the loudest city in Venezuela, had fallen strangely ...