When 'Twister' debuted nearly 30 years ago, it showcased some pretty new science. A lot has changed over the decades ahead of the sequel, 'Twisters.' ...

Tornadoes can be scary storms, says senior exhibit developer Olivia Castellini at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, but the more you know about them, the less scary they might seem ...

The science of tornado prediction: can technology keep us safe from future storms? Right now, tornado warnings give us mere minutes to seek safety — but new technology is poised to change that ...

A meteorologist decodes the tornado science in the new 'Twisters' sequel, and researchers made a spacesuit inspired by the one from 'Dune.' ...

The follow-up to the 1996 movie “Twister” is a whirlwind of tornado science. A weather expert decodes its lingo—and real-life tornado trends.

Scientists from the Center for Severe Weather Research track storms in western Kansas' "Tornado Alley" in an effort to improve their understanding of the process of tornado formation so that ...

So far, 2011 has proved a year destined for the tornado record books. Nearly 1,200 tornadoes have swarmed the United States this year, according to preliminary numbers from the National Oceanic ...

There's a giant solar tornado raging on the sun's surface, and a researcher captured it — plus a massive plasma eruption — in ...

An astonishing celestial event has been captured on camera, revealing a solar tornado and a massive plasma eruption unfolding ...

This year's tornado season is shaping up as one of the most active on record. Scientists explain why so many and such powerful twisters have hit, producing devastation like that seen in Joplin ...