Beneath the flattest, most featureless stretch of the East Antarctic ice sheet lies a body of liquid water roughly the size ...

In February 2012, after twenty years of nearly uninterrupted work, a Russian drill broke through the last stretch of ice over ...

Instead of observing the light coming to us, we study the debris of exploding stars right here on Earth. As cosmic furnaces, ...

Bukhta Sever, the Arctic oil terminal built for Rosneft’s massive Vostok Oil project, has sent out its first export cargo. Or ...

Russia has begun loading crude from its giant Vostok Oil development onto tankers at the newly built Bukhta Sever terminal on the Kara Sea, marking the start of what could become one of the largest ...

Russia’s massive new oil field in the Arctic, Rosneft’s flagship Vostok Oil, officially began operations on September 5. Underlining the significance of the project, President Vladimir Putin ...

A lake nearly the size of Lake Ontario lies in complete darkness beneath East Antarctica. Its water remains liquid under an ice sheet measured in miles, cut off from direct contact with the atmosphere ...

This story was produced as part of the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Health Equity Fellowship. Drain fly larvae appear to be the worm-like creatures allegedly contaminating water ...

On a recent visit to Salt & Straw, the ice cream shop known for its small-batch, innovative flavors, I froze. I couldn't decide what flavor I wanted. How could I choose between hyperseasonal gems like ...

Is there a polite limit to free ice cream samples? I asked scoop shop owners and former employees where they draw the line. Audrey Morgan is a senior editor at Food & Wine with over eight years of ...

Caitlin Johnson has a motto she swears by. "I don’t tell Costco what I need. Costco tells me what I need." Patio set? "You can’t beat the price." Dyson vacuum on sale? "Suddenly, I need a new vacuum." ...

Last winter, after a 50-day ocean voyage from Italy’s coast to the East Antarctic Plateau, two samples of glacier ice from the European Alps arrived at Antarctica’s Concordia Station. Inside the ...