Showtime: Tornado chasers, US outbreak November 17, 2013

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.

Crystal Lake, Tip Toe, and Carrie are just a few of the shows you should be watching right now.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Made up of small fragments left behind by Halley’s Comet, these meteors are known for being especially bright and speedy.

Barbarian, The Fly, and Altered States are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.

The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

Although the case is considered exceptional, investigators are working to determine how the infection occurred and whether the pathogen played a role in the patient’s death.