Sabastian Sawe made history on the streets of London with the first official marathon under two hours in the fastest race ever run over the 26.2-mile distance. Sawe, the 29-year-old Kenyan, shattered ...

Luke and Mike Bell, a father-son duo from South Africa, have reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the fastest quadcopter drone. Their 3D-printed Peregreen V4 drone clocked a top speed of 657.59 ...

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...

Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company’s monthly Patch ...

Extreme temperatures, which have baked western parts of the continent over the past week, are forecast to shift eastward in the coming days. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The ...

An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how ...

Temperature records from the 1800s are forecast to be broken on Thursday and Friday as an air mass from Nunavut, Canada, reaches the Midwest and Northeast. Then, more record-breaking cold is possible ...

The world is its hottest in modern human history (circa 1500-present). Yet, fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue unabated, effectively creating an artificial blanket that retains heat. Despite ...

Seasonal weather models suggest that this year could bring the strongest El Niño climate pattern on record since the 1870s, forecasters warn. Subsequently, climate specialists are advising people ...