Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

More states in the northern U.S. will have a chance of seeing aurora borealis on Friday, as high-speed winds from a spot on ...

This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...