Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Commentators are slamming Tucker Carlson for peddling the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was made in a way that rendered Jewish people immune to the deadly virus. On the Monday episode of “The Tucker ...

Buried beneath Antarctica’s thick ice sheets lies Lake Vostok, a hidden world that has been isolated for 15 million years. This mysterious subglacial lake has remained sealed from the outside world, ...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Federal agents and the Iredell County SWAT team surrounded a Lake Norman home by land and water early Tuesday to arrest a fugitive wanted in the United Kingdom on conspiracy ...

On Oct. 1, 2025, the small asteroid known as 2025 TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station.

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data. The newfound lakes are "active," meaning they periodically drain and ...

Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica's icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially ...

Far-right favorite Kari Lake couldn’t help but push a conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk’s killer during a Sunday prayer vigil for the slain political pundit. During the event at Washington, D.C.’s ...

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Scientists have gotten their closest-ever view of the denizens that inhabit a frigid underworld. An analysis of the genetic blueprints of nearly 1,400 microbes sampled from one buried Antarctic lake ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast ...