Science

Natural Wonders: Sprite Lightning

SPRITE is a simple acronym that describes a complicated...
January 25, 2022

Multiple Records Set in Atlantic Race

Three records have been set during this year's Talisker...
January 25, 2022
Antarctic Gentoo penguin and chick Photo Arne Beruldsen

Scientists Discover New Gentoo Penguin Colony in Antarctica

Scientists have discovered a newly established colony of 75...
January 24, 2022

Into The Wild: Gaurishankar

For a time in the 19th century, 7,134m Gaurishankar...
January 24, 2022

Exploration Mysteries: The Lost Tombs of Legendary Figures

Where were Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Anthony and...
January 24, 2022

French Rower Dies During Atlantic Crossing

A 75-year-old adventurer who was trying to row solo...
January 23, 2022

Science Links of the Week  

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
January 22, 2022
ain sefra, algeria snow

Rare Snow in the Sahara Yields Surreal Visuals

Turns out the sun, sand, and snow cohere to...
January 22, 2022
Coral reef discovered in twilight zone of Southern Pacific Ocean. Still BBC

New, Vast Coral Reef Discovered

Marine ecologists have just discovered a vast and untouched...
January 21, 2022
Kuwaiti explorer Yousef Al-Refai, TK, is now the youngest individual to have climbed all of the Volcanic Seven Summits.

Updated: Kuwaiti Mountaineer Completes Volcanic Seven Summits

Kuwaiti mountaineer Yousef Al-Refai has become just the 24th...
January 21, 2022

Antarctic Expeditions Wrap Up

Our final Antarctic update of the season covers Masatatsu...
January 20, 2022

Antarctic Book Collection Up for Sale

If you live near London, England and love stories...
January 19, 2022
undersea fiber optic cable

Something (or Someone) Broke Svalbard’s Internet; Authorities Seek Answers

Believe it or not, Svalbard, Norway has famously reliable...
January 19, 2022

The Ogre: Much More than the Classic Scott/Bonington Survival Tale

Baintha Brakk I (7,285m), better known as Ogre I,...
January 18, 2022

Manaslu: Departures, Explanations, and Another Storm

The action -- or inaction -- on winter Manaslu...
January 18, 2022

World’s Largest Fish Hatchery Found off Antarctica

On the sea floor of Antarctica's Weddell Sea, researchers...
January 18, 2022

Ocean Rowing Roundup for January

Since our last update, several expeditions have begun in...
January 17, 2022

Science Links of the Week 

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
January 15, 2022
A slice through the 3-D map of galaxies from the first few months of the DESI. The earth is at the center, with the furthest galaxies over 10 billion light years away. Each point represents one galaxy. This 2D slice of the 3D DESI map shows only about 800,000 of the 7.5 million galaxies currently surveyed, which is itself just a fraction of the 35 million galaxies that will be in the final map. Credit: D. Schlegel/Berkeley Lab using data from DESI

Astrophysicists Create Biggest-Ever Map of the Universe, Hunt Dark Energy

Astrophysicists at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson,...
January 15, 2022

Recent Buried and Sunken Treasure and What Happens to It

“That belongs in a museum!” Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones...
January 14, 2022

Natural Wonders: Fogbows

In the rainbow family, the fogbow is an outcast....
January 13, 2022

Antarctica: Kite-Skiers Make the Pole, But Abe Won’t Finish

Last week, Preet Chandi finished her Hercules Inlet to...
January 13, 2022

Gates of Hell to be Sealed

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan has delivered some bittersweet...
January 12, 2022
australian mygalomorph spider fossil

New Fossils Write Missing Chapters of Australia’s Jungle Origin Story

New South Wales’ arid bush country is dry and...
January 11, 2022

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