The sun’s magnetic poles are about to flip, and it could cause lower latitude northern lights, more intense solar storms and potential danger for astronauts and satellite communication. However, ...

The North and South magnetic poles have switched places before - and they’ll do it again. This video investigates what this means for humanity, including the risks of power grid failures and increased ...

Earth spins, shifts, and now… flips? Our planet’s gymnastics routine continues underneath our feet nearly every day, but researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany recently mapped ...

A damaged pole resulted in a widespread power outage that impacted Seattle's Central District and surrounding areas Friday afternoon. Around of 4 p.m., approximately 10,500 customers were without ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...