LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - It's been almost 10 months since the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's dominant cobalt supplier, halted exports of the battery metal. February's export ban was ...

This is the dramatic moment a housewife suffered an electric shock, leaving her stuck to metal railings. CCTV footage shows the woman carrying laundry she had taken out in front of her house when she ...

Electric shocks were only the beginning. On Tuesday, a former student told lawmakers the abuse at a Canton facility runs far deeper — with an advocate sharing similar accounts from others, including ...

Did you hear about Cuba’s struggle to control weeds? It’s being called the Cuban Thistle Crisis. Whether it’s thistles or other annoying weeds, I’ve been controlling the invaders in our landscape and ...

Let’s get to the bad news first: Your insanely expensive electric bill is unlikely to dive much in the near future, even if the state adopts a slew of reforms. But the state’s Little Hoover Commission ...

More than a dozen people testified in support of a Massachusetts bill meant to ban the use of electric shock therapies on people with disabilities at a hearing Tuesday in the state house. The bill ...

A month has passed since a 19-year-old Rutgers University student was critically injured in a fraternity house. There’s still no word on the extent of his injuries, but the prosecutor’s office ...

ANNA — An online fundraiser has raised over $2,500 for the man who suffered serious injuries after being shocked by a power line while trimming trees in Anna on Friday. Previous reporting of the ...

Earth’s magnetosphere, once thought to have a simple electric polarity pattern, has revealed a surprising twist. New satellite data and advanced simulations show that the morning side of the ...

In the search for eco-friendly alternatives to synthetic herbicides, researchers from Kyushu University, Japan, have identified a potent, weed-inhibiting compound in the leaves of the Manchurian ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack them in underground fungus gardens ...