It’s so often the case in the English language that two words sound similar, or have similar meanings, to the point where even skilled native speakers use one when they mean the other. And while there ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between "affect" and "effect." Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase "the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements." The ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between “affect” and “effect.” Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase “the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements.” The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New York is no stranger to snow, especially lake-effect snow. However, not every snow event is the same. There are two different types of ways we can see snow here in ...

Researchers have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics. It had been widely accepted since the 1950s that global temperature rises were not consistent ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Russ in Pennsylvania, who asks, "What’s the difference between lake effect and lake enhanced weather?" Meteorologist Sara Tonks: I grew up in ...

Sensing, in all its forms, is fundamental to so many applications. It invariably involves a material that acts as a transducer, to convert one property to another. In electronics, the sensing element ...