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Children attend school in the Syrian refugee camp Zaatari, in the north of Jordan, about an hour's drive from Amman.

A Teen Refugee's Brain May Be Disrupted More By Poverty Than Past Trauma

A new study of Syrian teen refugees finds the poverty of their current lives may cloud parts of their thinking more than the experience of war.

India launched a ballistic missile defense interceptor last week — and NASA says it created dangerous debris in orbit. "We have identified 400 pieces of orbital debris from that one event," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

NASA: Debris From India's Anti-Satellite Test Raised Threat To Space Station

"That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris in an apogee that goes above the International Space Station," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

'Washington Black' Is A Soaring Tale Of Enslavement And Escape

Esi Edugyan's new novel centers on a boy who escapes slavery via hot air balloon — before crashing down to hard historical realities. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Washington Black "a wonder."

Jason Forthofer, mechanical engineer at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, looks into a fire whirl he generated to demonstrate how fire whirls and fire tornadoes form in wildland fires.

Scientists Are Learning More About Fire Tornadoes, The Spinning Funnels Of Flame

Big wildfires create their own weather, and can even spawn tornadoes swirling with smoke and flame. Researchers are trying to determine how often they occur.

Ash from the eruption of La Soufrière volcano on the island of St. Vincent covers vehicles on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday.

From Bad To Worse: La Soufrière Volcano Continues To Erupt

Experts predict the volcano eruption on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent will last for days, even weeks. Officials urge people to seek safety as rescuers search for those who haven't evacuated.

The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that individual state lawmakers are subject to the public disclosure act. However, the high court found that the House and Senate themselves are subject to a narrower definition of disclosure.

Washington Supreme Court rules state lawmakers are subject to public disclosure law

In a 7-to-2 decision, the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that individual state lawmakers are subject to the state’s Public Records Act (PRA)...

A new National Security Agency data center in Bluffdale, Utah, has had electrical problems that will delay its opening, according to reports.

NSA Says It Has 'Mitigated' Meltdowns At Utah Data Farm

Documents show that chronic electrical problems at the NSA's mammoth new data center in Utah destroyed equipment and delayed the center's opening, according to reports.

An artist's concept of a narrow asteroid belt orbiting a star similar to our own sun.

Asteroid Belt May Be Just One Big Melting Pot Of Space Rocks

New research shows that a planetary reshuffle might have shaped the ring of rubble between Mars and Jupiter.

Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh To Replace Sen. Max Baucus

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock appointed his number two, John Walsh, to serve out the term of longtime Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, who was confirmed Thursday as U.S. ambassador to China. The appointment gives Walsh a brief incumbency advantage going into an expected tough fall battle.

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2013, on Capitol Hill.

Robert Mueller's Pace Measures Up With Best Prosecutors 'In Modern History'

The small group of scholars that studies investigations that may lead into the White House said Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election interference resembles the best of his predecessors.

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