New study explains how winter sea ice and melting ice shelves control the formation of deep ocean water in Antarctica.

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

While humans evolved to perform routine endurance activity, recent secular trends in the United States and globally have resulted in a dramatic rise in the amount of time spent inactive in both ...

Beyoncé sang it best in her hit song “Ego” when she declared, “It’s just too big.” Anyone with megalophobia (a fear of large things) might very well relate. Trigger warning: If you’re wondering ...

In 2025, UCL scientists made breakthroughs in Huntington’s disease, cancer and sight loss, revealed the Sun’s south pole and ...

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice ...