Fitzpatrick skin types (or phototypes) — FST (or FSP) — refer to a skin tone scale developed to classify skin coloring and response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The Fitzpatrick skin phototypes (FSP) ...

When tropical weather systems become hurricanes, their strength is measured on a wind scale that classifies their intensity. The classifications were developed in 1971 and introduced to the general ...

The Kardashev scale is based on how much energy a civilization uses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What might we find: little ...

The International Agency of Research into Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization, is notable for two things. First, they’re meant to carefully assess whether things cause cancer, from ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is used to classify storms that are stronger than “tropical depressions” and “tropical storms”. The scale separates hurricanes into five different categories based ...

"Many meteorologists hope for a new classification scale for tropical storms and hurricanes," Franklin said. "However, the NHC has experimented with other ways of describing the strength of a storm.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb remains cautious about moving the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from Rank 4 on his own Loeb Classification Scale. The scale, which is between 0 (natural icy rocks) and ...

The Cyber Monitoring Centre will categorise major cyber events with immediate effect. The implications for the understanding of cyber risks and harms could be significant. In a world-first initiative, ...