The National Academies is convening an ad hoc committee to prioritize high-value lunar destinations—excluding the poles—for human exploration. The committee will develop a strategy that identifies key ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...

Another brutally cold weekend is on the way as a piece of the Polar vortex dips out of the Arctic Circle, sending frigid air across half of the United States while the other half warms up. Texas will ...

Certainly, the waves of cold air blasting the greater Philadelphia region are caused by the polar vortex. Or is Philly's frigid temps caused by an arctic blast? While both weather conditions can cause ...

Do you believe in Santa? If not, you might find yourself on a train heading toward the North Pole in order to help you believe, or this might just sound like the plot of "The Polar Express" to you.

Earth’s atmosphere is held together by a delicate balance of jet streams, pressure gradients, and the Coriolis force. But when topography, ocean events like El Niño, or random disruptions hit the ...

The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Temperatures in the 10s are forecast for much of the Northeast, and subzero ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

CHURCHILL, Manitoba — It has northern Canada’s only railway to the populated south, the only Arctic deep-water port and a runway capable of handling some of the world’s largest military and commercial ...

Multiple states registered subzero temps on Friday, Dec. 5. The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are dominating even in southern sates like Texas, which saw record breaking lows in the ...